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TIL Cold Stone employees are required to sing to you if you tip them

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4XkLa TIL that Australia has the highest rate of private incarceration per capita of any country in the world.
YpK4v TIL of Benito "Benny" Agrelo, a 15 y.o. born with a malfunctioning liver, underwent 2 liver transplants, and took 8 different medications 3 times/day since age 8, with major side effects. He stopped the meds, knowing he would die, but the state tried to force him to resume. He won in court and died.
WmlB TIL Overall crime in NYC is down 80% since 1990
neeeY TIL that there exists a small minority of Jews in China. Known as the Kaifeng Jews, they preserved many aspects of Jewish culture and traditions for centuries.
bdKQ TIL that a man in India set a world record in 1986 by spending 72 hours in a cage with 72 of the most venomous snake species in India; to spread awareness and to prove that snakes don’t bite unless provoked. He came out of the cage, unharmed without a single bite.