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TIL The UK has the 'Whole Life Order' whereby a prisoner who is being sentenced to life imprisonment is ordered to serve that sentence without any possibility of parole. It has been reportedly issued in approximate 100 cases since its introduction in 1983.

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APGa TIL President Kennedy initially suggested a Mars mission because he was unconvinced that a moon landing was bold enough to prove American superiority over the Soviets
Yp4Jv TIL In December 1944, US soldier Richard Brookins dressed up as St. Nicolas to hand out gifts to the children of Wiltz, Luxembourg. Though 80% of Wiltz was destroyed soon after, the event is celebrated each year with a 40s "GI" dressed as St. Nick. Brookins passed in 2018, having visited many times.
eKVE TIL Buzz Aldrin’s (second person to walk the moon) mother’s maiden name is “Moon.”
wLVW8 TIL lobster’s brain is located in its throat, nervous system in abdomen, teeth in stomach and kidneys in head, hears using its legs, tastes with its feet, and tends to favor one front limb meaning they can be right-clawed or left-clawed
8eARL TIL in the 1920s Fiat had a 1/2 mile race track built on the roof of their factory