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TIL: The Supreme Court found in Bounds v. Smith that if prisoners don't have access to a legal professional, they are required to have access to a legal library.

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E1mVX TIL of the lowland streaked tenrec, a black hedgehog-like creature with yellow-striped quills native to Madagascar. Despite its similar physiology, it is unrelated to hedgehogs, instead acting as an example of convergent evolution. It is sometimes referred to as a "fake hedgehog"
bWB4 TIL Some species of bamboo flower only once every 120 years, and they do it at exactly the same moment worldwide regardless of climate or location, then die.
vBr4 TIL of Cunninghams Law “the best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, it’s to post the wrong answer.”
rN4bW TIL the highest temperature EVER recorded in Miami, FL was 98F (36.6°C)
p8Ngb TIL in 1987, the Burmese government demonetised the 25-, 35-, and 75-kyats notes without warning or compensation, rendering around 75% of the country's currency worthless and eliminating the savings of millions of Burmese. Dictator Ne Win did it bc the notes weren't divisible by his lucky number, 9.