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TIL the longest prison sentence ever given was 384,912 years long for failing to deliver mail.

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nWaQB TIL that honey bees can change their mind and "un-sting" something if they haven't torn the stinger out yet
kJO0e TIL that in 1715, Jacobite rebels attempted to storm Edinburgh Castle. The ladder they brought was too short, so the attempt failed, and they were all arrested.