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TIL Kurdish children in Turkish prisons prison are deprived of food and medical treatment, beaten while naked with iron bars by prison staff, and sexually abused by adult prisoners

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R7gkl TIL: Fred Flintstone, Yogi Bear, and many other Hanna-Barbera characters had collars in order to make them easier (and cheaper) to animate.
Oore4 TIL in 1991 it was discovered that the heart has its "little brain" or "intrinsic cardiac nervous system." This "heart brain" is composed of approximately 40,000 neurons that are alike neurons in the brain, meaning that the heart has its own nervous system.
neZ5r TIL Amtrak trains running at 2am on the Sunday in November when daylight savings 'falls back" must come to a full stop for one hour. This allows clocks to catch up to the train schedule.
nROY TIL that a Roman Mile was defined as 1,000 paces. Armies would leave mile markers every 1,000 steps as they marched; as a result, well-fed armies marching at a fast pace marked longer miles.
WmD4 TIL a circus elephant named Mary was hanged to death in front of people including children for killing the unqualified assistant elephant trainer immediately after he prodded her with a hook for no reason.