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TIL that in 1998, a charter pilot discovered a 2.6 mile long geoglyph carved into a remote Australian plateau. It depicts a man holding a throwing stick and is known as ‘the Marree Man.’ To this day its creators remain unknown.

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a8PYM TIL that in 1969 Samuel L Jackson once held Martin Luther King Sr. hostage, and a year prior he had ushered at Martin Luther King Jr.’s funeral.
4XnRR TIL Ray Lewis grew up using a deck of cards to do push ups and sit ups. If he drew a 7 he would do 7. An ace was 25 and a Joker 30. He would go through the whole deck. In the nfl, he would do it 3 times for each exercise. Also the reason he wore 52 was because of the number of cards in the deck
VMeWG TIL that Ritalin (Methylphenidate - which used to treat ADHD) is in the same class of drugs as Methamphetamine and acts in a largely similar way on the body (both are CNS stimulants), so a Ritalin overdose exhibits largely the same symptoms as an overdose on meth.
eK76 TIL that a paper published in the Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology concluded “This paper provides support for the "Rotten Barrel” theory of police deviant behavior, which holds that the stressful conditions of the police occupation constitute a primary risk factor for police misconduct.“
yDKw TIL the Nat Sherman tobacco company introduced plastic tipped cigars to the industry. While the government never granted them a desired patent on the idea, they bluffed away any competitors for 32 years by putting “Patent Pending” on the packaging.