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TIL Norwegians eat less sugar today than they did in 1975

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PYwdG TIL the famous 'tank man' incident happened June 5, 1989 - one day after the Tiananmen Square Massacre
NX6R8 TIL Carlos Rodriguez lost half of his brain after stealing a car and getting into an accident when he was 14. He retained most of his mental functions and can do almost anything a normal person can do. He continued to commit crime and was arrested at 31 for arson and attempted murder.
DX1e TIL There is evidence that many prisoners were abandoned in their cells during Hurricane Katrina, while the guards sought shelter. Hundreds of prisoners were later registered as “unaccounted for.”
Bgywk TIL that fingerprint analysis relies on human judgment. Computer databases can identify potential fingerprint matches, but it's up to trained fingerprint examiners to determine if a match is accurate, and examiners can come to different conclusions.
4d65 TIL that Will Smith doesn’t use profanity in his lyrics because his grandmother wrote to him “intelligent people do not use these words to express themselves”