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TIL: In an Irish WWII POW camps. Prisoners were allowed leave the camp for Pub visits, dances with the locals, fishing, golfing trips and fox hunts. On the condition that they promised not to escape.

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KOx4w TIL that the A and B rings of Saturn (the most visually prominent rings) are hundreds of thousands of kilometers wide, but only 5-15 and 10-30 meters thick, respectively.
P1lMg TIL the builder of the Watts Towers, Simon or Sam Rodia, is on the cover of Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (top right corner, to the left of and behind Bob Dylan)
W7ErY TIL about Ponte City, a 55 story circular apartment building in Johannesburg, South Africa. Built in 1975, in the 80s gang activity made the area very unsafe and garbage thrown into the open core reached 5 stories high. It has since been restored and is once again a desirable place to live.
yQAvJ TIL California is the first state to ban pet stores from selling pets from commercial breeders under the Pet Rescue & Adoption Act; pet stores may sell only rescue & shelter animals. Violators of the law will be fined $500 per animal. CA citizens can still buy pets directly from private breeders.
rREWw TIL that Buzz Aldrin's first words on the moon were "Beautiful view. Magnificent desolation."