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TIL - an official scale exists showing the relationship between hot and crazy

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kOZ6m TIL about 6-on-6 high school girls basketball that was extremely popular in Iowa. The teams had 3 guards that only played defense and 3 forwards that only played offense; these players had to stay on one side of the court.
rNr4e TIL English, Lithuanian, French, German, Polish, Russian, Hebrew, and Norwegian have visual mnemomics for the phases of the moon.
awBjy TIL That the film "The Killing Fields" cast a real life survivor of the Cambodian Genocide. Hang S. Ngor survived three terms in Cambodian Prison camp by eating insects. He went on to win an Academy Award for supporting actor. His fate ended by being murdered my an LA street gang in 1996.
N7NM TIL Curly Joe, from The Three Stooges, didn’t think The Three Stooges were funny.
GYn6j TIL The Ring Finders is a worldwide organization of metal-detection enthusiasts who recover lost items at little to no cost. Members have about an 80% success rate at finding last keys, rings, cellphones, time capsules, burial urns and more.