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TIL there is a floating prison in America

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b90rj TIL John Lennon had a temper so volatile, nearly anything could set him off. One night, it exploded in an incident that ended up damaging his 4 year-old son’s hearing. Sean, who was playing with food, got a yelling so bad he had to go to the hospital.
GAP8j TIL that in Sweden It's illegal to leave a dog alone for more than six hours, so owners who work longer hours may need to use doggy day care.
O1QR TIL Rowan Atkinson suffers from a stammer, so he uses over-articulation as a technique to overcome problematic consonants (like ‘B’).
WkJwB TIL only one person is known to have survived a lynching in the United States. His name was James Cameron and he went on to found America’s Black Holocaust Museum.
80WV TIL that there is a musical piece called ‘As SLow aS Possible’, written to be played literally as slow as possible (while strictly adhering to the score’s temporal proportions). An ongoing performance of the score began in a German church in September 5th 2001 and will end on September 5th, 2640.