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TIL a Texas man was once sentenced to sleep outside in a doghouse for 30 nights, as a punishment for child abuse

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xwy1 TIL that because of pronunciation errors the English language became what it is today; wasp used to be waps; bird used to be brid; empty used to be emty
neLpP TIL there is a theory that explains advertising wants, international conflicts, friendship and rivlary. Mimetic theory’s key insight is that human desire is not an autonomous process, but a collective one. We want things because other people want them.
xRl5 TIL that Whitey Bulger, the notorious gangster, had served time in the maximum security prison of Alcatraz for four years. Later, while on the lam as one of America’s most wantef federal fugitives, he went back to tour the facility.
ANkyn TIL of Abraham Leeman, shipwrecked off Australia in 1658, travelled 2500 km then walked the full length of the south coast of Java through jungle and marauding tigers to finally arrive in Batavia after 5 arduous months
yQMXX TIL That they use GMT as the timezone on the International Space Station.