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TIL Prisoners are being used in place of migrant farm workers.

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WOr4 TIL Pluto hasn’t completed a single orbit since it’s discovery in 1930. It will complete the orbit March 23, 2178.
69de7 TIL Mapmakers deliberately put slight mistakes (Trap streets) in their maps so they can tell when someone copies them. If another map has the same mistake, that's very convincing evidence.
KRYB TIL injuries from opening food packages hospitalize over 60,000 people a year
wdXW TIL that Brad Pitt voluntarily went to a dentist to have his front teeth chipped for the role of Tyler Durden in Fight Club. His teeth were fixed after he finished making the movie.
Me5Xm TIL that Burger King launched a $40 million ad campaign in November 1985 called "Where's Herb?" The idea was to find a character named Herb who'd never been to BK. Other chains pointed out that if Herb wasn't at BK, it meant he probably liked other chains' burgers more. BK profits fell 40% in 1986.