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TIL All prisoners in Norway have internet in their cells.

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mL4M TIL that Tokyo has a massive underground water storage area to deal with typhoons and flooding
nWJWo TIL written Japanese uses three different types of characters: hiragana (a syllabary), katana (ANOTHER syllabary), and kanji (Chinese characters).
0dR5p TIL Thomas L. Jennings invented dry cleaning and was the first African-American patent holder in history when it was granted in 1821. He then invested his earnings into the Abolitionist movement.
ADVLa TIL when billionaire Thomas Peterffy’s father met his new wife he gave his teenage son $100 and kicked him out of the house. With his final words being “Make something of yourself”
9Yg47 TIL When CIA raided Usama Bin Ladin’s compound in Abbottabad they found "Batman Gotham Knight", "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs", "Resident Evil" and many other videos.