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TIL the youngest prisoner ever at Guantanamo was 13 and since it has been open, 21 children have been imprisoned there since it’s inception.

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Eggjo TIL Astronomers measure sunspot areas using a square grid by placing the grid over the photo of a sunspot and count the number of squares covering it. Areas can also be determined using graphical charts and software
R7YVQ TIL that although Hyenas appear to be dogs, they are actually more closely related to cats.
KODB TIL that we’re not just splitting atoms. In Switzerland they’re experimenting with splitting electrons too.
VGPp TIL that 82% of Americans want warning labels on GMO foods. The same study revealed that 80% of Americans want warning labels on foods that contain DNA. [pdf warning]
NX7QQ TIL Manuela Giersberg, a 27-year-old nurse, who suffocated 9 women aged between 78 and 93 years with cushions between 2003 and 2005