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TIL that Australia has the highest rate of private incarceration per capita of any country in the world.

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6b1m TIL that there is a bookstore in Portland, Oregon that takes up an entire city block
rNvd TIL That the 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland were actually good for the environment, as the volcano emitted much less CO2 per day than the planes it grounded.
kV0d TIL LED brake lights can turn on up to 0.5 seconds faster than incandescent ones. This can increase reaction times by up to one car length at highway speeds.
9YxM TIL there is an archive of all major live television network broadcasts from 9/11 as it happened. “We can only tell you what we know – there’s been some sort of explosion at the World Trade Center.”
R7LM4 TIL of the Sewee, a Native American tribe who in 1670 decided to build a navy and sail en masse to England. Their canoes were swamped and survivors sold to slavery in the West Indies, wiping out the tribe.