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TIL the 1972 Attica prison uprising in Upstate New York, in which the prisoners demanded better living conditions, ended on the 5th day when law enforcement stormed in and killed 29 prisoners and 10 hostages. Prisoners were then stripped naked and forced to crawl through the latrine and beaten.

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vP8E4 TIL that at the 2012 Olympics, the North Korean women's football team left the pitch in protest before their match with Colombia after their players appear on screens with South Korea's flag
jN9xE TIL that the female spotted hyena has the largest clitoris of all the mammals, which is referred to as a 'pseudo-penis'.
Z84Mp TIL that NASA astronaut Scott Kelly took a gorilla suit with him to the International Space Station and used it to play a prank on British astronaut Tim Peake.
e0GZn TIL the character in the Starbucks logo is actually a twin tailed siren, a mythical creature that lured sailors in order to attack and devour them.
KOxGB TIL of a study to determine contamination levels for computer keyboards in the average office setting. One keyboard had to be removed after testing because it was found to be five times dirtier than a toilet seat, home to 150 times the acceptable limit of bacteria, and was a health risk to its user.