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TIL in 2009, a 14-year-old boy showed up at a Chicago police station in uniform and worked 5 hours of a shift. He allegedly got a police radio, ticket book and rode with an officer for several hours before his identity was realised. He knew procedure due to a "police explorer" program he’d gone to.

DeShaun Watson avoids the sack from two defenders and throws it to Taiwan Jones who takes it all the way to the 10 yard lines to set up the walk off field goal in overtime.

Will Mitch McConnell Get Re-Elected to the Senate? Kentucky Republican Poll Numbers Are Dismal Ahead of 2020

LPT: Instead of buying expensive cereal that has dried fruit, nuts, etc, simply buy a basic cereal (like Chex, corn flakes, bran flakes) and add bulk nuts and dried fruit. Add your own mix to the cereal- it’ll be cheaper and give you more variety!

US limits AI exports over fears it will fall into Chinese hands - Companies will need a license to send certain software abroad.

TIL that Led Zeppelin drummer Jon Bonham was told by a sound engineer that he was 'unrecordable' and 'too loud.' Bonham later sent him a gold certificate of Zeppelin I with a note saying 'thanks for the advice'.

Silver Dollar Galaxy, 11.4 Million Light-years away and 90,000 Light-years across. 3 months of learning deep sky astrophotography has led to this photo. Taken from my backyard in New Zealand.

I took a 30 hour picture of the Tadpole Nebula

Star trails over the Pacific Coast Highway in Central California

My 5 hour exposure of the Rosette (or Skull?) Nebula from my backyard

Former acting CIA director: 'There will be dead Americans' as result of Soleimani killing

White House defies court order, refuses to release 20 e-mails about Ukraine aid freeze

LPT: Set your web browser to always ask where to download files to. This will give you a prompt when shady websites try to auto download files, which you can then cancel. Do this for those people who aren’t tech savvy too, as they are more likely to open mystery files on their computers.

Old meme. Good meme

sand coarse

TIL that all astronauts going to the International Space Station are required to learn Russian, which can take up to 1100 class hours for English language speakers

50 years ago today NASA cancelled the Apollo 20 mission

Using less than an hour of data, I was able to make my best photo of the Andromeda Galaxy to date! [OC]

If Dalvin Cook shows up on fire Vikings beat the Saints.

Random Mar-a-Lago Guests Were Told More About Plan to Kill Soleimani Than Congress: Report

AAP's meme game is strong

LPT: if you’re staying in an Airbnb, scan the room with your phone camera at nighttime to check for hidden cameras. If there is one, the phone should pick up the infrared radiation light

LPT if someone reaches out to you saying they’re thinking of you, take note as they are most likely someone that feels lonely often and is conscious of when others may be feeling that way. Reciprocating the thought occasionally might make them feel less alone.

Commuters may get less sleep and exercise. Working more than 40 hours a week, commuting more than a half hour each way to work on a typical day was associated with a 25% higher risk of having an inactive lifestyle and a 16% higher risk of sleep problems

LPT. Never trust a call FROM your bank. Hang up and call them back at a number you know belongs to your bank.

Pelosi Statement on Urgency for Fair Senate Trial

Plot twist

not today america

TIL that the drawer under your stove is not originally intended for storing extra cookware, but for keeping cooked food warm during meal preparation.

LPT Always be cool to the IT people

Flashback: Trump Warned That a 'Weak' and 'Ineffective' President Would Start a War With Iran to 'Get Re-elected'

#BREAKING – Court asks police to provide evidence of vandalism. No direct evidence of vandalism against Lucknow violence suspects: Uttar Pradesh police to court.

me at 3 am:

TIL that the Black Knight from Monty Python was based on a real person: Arrichion of Phigalia, a Greek wrestler who famously refused to give up during a particularly tough wrestling match. He died during the match, but still won because his opponent surrendered, not realizing he was dead.

LPT: For those struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts, please take the time to create a list of all the things you’re grateful for

Christianity Today editor says many evangelicals ignorant of 'the gravity of Trump's moral failings'

Australia’s massive fires, as seen from space

Pluto is the most famous demoted planet, but it's not the first

LPT: If your new dentist tells you that you have a lot of cavities, get that in writing and then go get a second opinion

LPT - Time to renegotiate you annual contracts!

China's inland surface water quality significantly improves. The study confirms the effectiveness of massive environmental protection efforts aimed at controlling pollution discharge and improving water quality in China over the past nearly two decades

TIL about manual babbling. Deaf children or children born to deaf parents babble with their hands instead of vocalized babbling. Thus indicating that babbling is not nonsense, but instead an important part of language acquisition.

LPT: Don't stub out your cigarettes in potted plants. Potting soil contains fertilizers which are also oxidizers. The cigarettes and soil can burst into flames hours later.

TBH I’d rather my ashes be turned into a diamond and put on the end of a butt plug.

TIL That Mihailo Tolotos died at age 82, without ever seeing a woman! Tolotos, whose mother died at childbirth, lived all his years as a monk in one of Greece's Mt. Ethos monasteries where only men are permitted.

'Right Now Is the Moment to Decide If You Are Pro-Peace or Not': Ocasio-Cortez Joins Progressive Chorus Against War With Iran

Well, I mean

6595 adolescent study across 3 years observes that those who spend more than 3 hours per day using social media may be at heightened risk for mental health problems, particularly internalizing problems (negativity towards the self), and comorbid internalizing/externalizing (hostility) problems.

Scientists Built a Particle Accelerator Smaller Than a Human Hair on a Chip: The chip's complex design was generated by a computer. "If you look at the design, no human engineer would have come up with it."

TIL penguins have an specialized organ that filters salt from their bloodstream, allowing them to drink salt water.