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TIL that it's not a crime to escape prison in many countries
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TIL about the scandal involving "Tri-State Crematory" in Georgia. In 2002, it was revealed that the owner would just dump the corpses all over his ranch instead of cremating them. Investigators found over 300 decomposing bodies on his property.
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TIL researchers found that a Medieval Italian man used a knife as a prosthetic limb after the amputation of his right hand. He attached it to his stump with a cap, buckle, and leather straps. The injury healed rather nicely and he managed to live for a very long time afterwards.
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TIL there was a plan to drain part of the North Sea (using dams) to increase the liveable area of Europe, and connect the British Isles to continental Europe
OoAP1
TIL that although no longer connected to the beer company, Guinness World Records was founded by the managing director of Guinness Brewery in the 1950s.
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TIL the last French soldier to die in WW1 was killed 15 minutes before the ceasefire. He was delivering a message to his unit that soup would be served for lunch.