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TIL A group of TX prison inmates broke out of a holding cell to save a guard who had passed out with no pulse. The inmates got help to revive the guard; then they were locked back in the cell with a thank you.

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R7Q8Q TIL Rome has major struggles with expanding the subway system in the city because diggers keep running into major archaeological finds. The Metro C expansion has been in the works for the past 40 years and has unearthed Hadrian's Athenaeum, a military complex, and an amphitheater .
Z8y4p TIL that under every brown eye is a blue eye. The only difference between a brown eye and a blue eye is a very thin layer of pigment on the surface and that exists a noninvasive cosmetic surgery that transforms brown eyes to blue by low-energy laser
gkaD TIL that the scent of a familiar human evokes a reward response in the brain of a dog.
OGbB7 TIL about immune amnesia: One of the most unique—and most dangerous—features of measles pathogenesis is its ability to reset the immune systems of infected patients.
1aylP TIL that Pope Gregory XIV made gambling on papal elections punishable by excommunication.