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TIL Louisiana is the prison capital of the world - 1 out of every 86 adults is behind bars, which is the highest rate in the US and twice the national rate

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P1NOg TIL Kuchikamikaze is a type of Sake made out of boiled rice that has been further chewed by chosen (beautiful and young virgin) women. The chewed out rice is then left for fermentation before distilling it as Kuchikamikaze (literally: mouth-chewed sake). Kampai!
7r0AO TIL Benjamin Franklin did not propose that the wild turkey be used as the symbol for the United States instead of the bald eagle. While he did serve on a commission that tried to design a seal after the Declaration of Independence, his proposal was an image of Moses
pYAwO TIL that in Australia, horses were statistically responsible for more deaths (with 74 deaths directly attributable to them) between 2000 and 2013 than stinging insects or snakes. Over this period, no deaths were attributed to spiders.
xVYPo TIL of Boudica, a Celtic queen who led a revolt against Roman rule in ancient Britain in A.D. Boudica’s forces had massacred some 70,000 Romans and pro-Roman Britons and though her rebellion failed, she is celebrated today as a national heroine and an embodiment of the struggle for justice.
7810x TIL that Guinness already owned the trademark for a harp symbol with the soundboard on the left when the Republic of Ireland became an independent country, so passports, currency and Official Government documents in Ireland use a harp facing the other way.