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Today I learned... many California inmates have served time by becoming forest firefighters

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vP4MR TIL Fred Durst directed a movie starring John Travolta and Devon Sawa that only made $4,000 at the box office
6985m TIL that if all the world’s bacteria were laid end-to-end, they would reach 10 billion light-years in length. However, at 75 times thinner than a human hair, it would still be invisible to the naked eye. The length could wrap the Milky Way more than 20,000 times, creating a 2cm wide visible ribbon.
grnmy TIL that there is "Antarctic English" spoken by scientists in Antarctica. It has many unique words and pronouncation
REG4 TIL the melted butter topping served in movie theaters is mostly canola oil with additives mixed in
v1mYx TIL South Africa developed nukes and voluntarily dismantled them. It's the only country in history to do this.