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TIL that two men in Louisiana (Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace) have been held in solitary confinement for the last 40 years.

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oB7o7 TIL that the first computer programmer is considered to be Ada Lovelace, a female mathematician who was the daughter of the English Romantic poet Lord Byron.
9gor TIL that despite being in Minnesota, the Mall of America does not use any heating systems during the winter. Instead it relies on the heat from people and electronics.
lbwr TIL that Nessie Dunbar was buried alive. At her funeral her sister wanted her dug up to say one last goodbye. When the body was Exhumed she sat up and looked at her sister. People thought she was a ghost or a zombie that returned from the dead.
95LD TIL the original Ghostbusters trailer featured a 1-800 number, not a 555 number, which led to a prerecording of Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd. They got 1,000 calls per hour, 24 hours a day, for six weeks.
v1MgR TIL: No One Can Stop You from Owning a Kangaroo in Three US States! Freedom Baby!