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GAeD7 TIL Peru has a prison just for for Ex-Presidents of the South American country. It can hold up to 3 people at any one time and is currently full.
eOP4 TIL that “A Charlie Brown Christmas” (1965) was rejected at first by CBS: they didn’t like that amateur children were doing the voices, they didn’t like the “anti-consumerism” theme of the plot – and they didn’t like the music.
P1Lre TIL that Jasmine, a flower originating in the India, is one of the most coveted ingredients in perfumery. A kilogram of jasmine oil can cost $5,000. But to get that small amount of oil, harvesters need to handpick over 5,000 jasmine buds, making it one of the most expensive oils in the world.
XZQk TIL the Ginger Gold apple was an inadvertent result of Hurricane Camilla in 1969.
KYM5R TIL,The son of drug trafficker El Chapo,denied in a hearing where he was formally notified of the U.S. extradition request,that he is the boss's son. He is considered the leader of the Sinaloa cartel's production and export of fentanyl.He faces a life sentence if extradited and imprisoned in the US