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TIL Brazil will offer inmates in its crowded prison system a novel way to shorten their sentences – cutting four days for every book they read.

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kJrx1 TIL after the Tenerife disaster, KLM looked for their most senior pilot to lead the investigation, only to learn that he was the pilot responsible for the crash
KW6E TIL that Hollywood got its name from a Chinese man in a wagon hauling wood.
p86yp TIL that most doctors don't swear a hippocratic oath and if they do it doesn't say anything about profiting from unnecessary treatment or taking care of all patients regardless of ability to pay or suspicion of criminality.
4XQvJ TIL "Scotch" used to be a synonym for "thrifty" or "frugal" and when cellphane tape was invented, it was marketed in the great depression as "scotch tape" since it could extend the life of objects and save you money.
O6N1 TIL that Genghis Khan was responsible for the deaths of so many people that the earth’s carbon levels dropped by almost 700 million tons