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TIL that the US Marshals' "Con Air" service will transport non-federal prisoners at a cost of no more than $2,643.

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1aMQP TIL that Vermont was it's own independent country with it own coinage and postal service for 14 years before being admitted into the Union. Even though they took part in the Revolutionary war, they were not part of the original 13 colonies due to a border dispute with New York.
nekPY TIL, The Russian novel We (1920-21) by Yevgeny Zamyatin is considered one of the grandfathers of the dystopian genre and influenced George Orwell's 1984. "Zamyatin's influence on Orwell is beyond dispute...1984 shares so many features with We that there can be no doubt about its general debt to it."
grZby TIL The Guinness Brewery in Dublin can give a stamp on Camino de Santiago passports.
loAK7 TIL: The Truman Show was inspired from a Twilight Zone episode that has many of the same elements
Aj1d TIL that only 15 nations have ever had a right to bear arms in their constitution, and only 3 (US, Mexico, Guatemala) still do