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TIL Of children born in Mexican prisons, who live with their mothers and have never experienced the outside world.

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PYn6e TIL that getting rid of undesired men as well as cruel and/or incompetent officers by sending them on a dangerous, nearly impossible mission, was likely the main reason for the spanish expedition to find "El Dorado" in 1560.
keRd TIL a 2004 study demonstrated raising the temperature in an office from 68°F (20°C) to 77°F (25°C) dropped typing errors by 44% and boosted typing output by 150%
N7xP8 TIL Russia operated its southernmost North American settlement, Krepost Ross, in what is now Sanoma County, California from 1812 to 1842.
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