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TIL: The Mystery of the Voynich Manuscript

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b6ba7 TIL that the Buffalo Bills had 13 helmets stolen on the road against the Miami Dolphins during Week 3 of the 1978 season. The Bills affixed Bills decals to the sides of the borrowed plain white helmets from the Dolphins.
R7kEa TIL that over 4,000 prisoners die in custody each year in the United States. Suicide is the leading cause of death in local jails, while state prisons see more cancer deaths. White males are the most likely to die in prison, with one fourth of the fatalities occurring in Texas and California.
JYE0k TIL that flamingos are unique from all other birds and mammals in that they have hinged upper beaks (jaws) instead of lower. They use their tongues and beaks to move water through filters they use to catch food. But, because their upper beaks move, they have to eat with their heads upside down.
XEdnQ TIL DMX successfully escaped an upstate new york prison in ‘86, two weeks into his sentence
8Vm8 TIL a child that was Bart’s age when The Simpson’s first premiered would now be the same age as Homer.