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TIL that most of Hawaii's male prison population are housed in Eloy, Arizona by contract. The guards must take a Hawaiian diversity training class.

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5y5R TIL that pro-slavery activist Edmund Ruffin - the man who fired the first shot of the Civil War - was so distraught by Confederate surrender that he wrote in his diary he would never submit to “Yankee rule” and committed suicide by gunshot to the head
1ajXd TIL The Netherlands has the best work-life balance in the world
6EoAJ TIL Dogs get sprayed by Skunks so often because Skunks lift their tails as a warning, Dogs see this as "Come smell my butt" which is the EXACT OPPOSITE MESSAGE from what the Skunk is trying to send.
kOGO1 TIL Spitting Spiders catch their prey by spitting fluid containing both venom and spider silk that congeals on contact into a venomous and sticky mass. The spiders sway from side to side as they "spit", catching the prey in a crisscrossed "Z" pattern. The entire attack lasts 1/700th of a second.
0wYxL TIL that there was a year (46 BCE) with 445 days. It is often known as "the year of confusion".