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TIL: The Prison Mirror is believed to be the oldest continuously published prison paper in the U.S.

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e0XYk TIL of drockling, the sleepy state of repeatedly falling asleep and waking up in the morning while hitting the snooze button. Drockling can make you feel more drowsy in the morning despite getting more sleep.
R55m1 TIL about Poverty Point, a prehistoric earthwork constructed by the Poverty Point culture located in present-day northeastern Louisiana between 1700 and 1100 BCE.
MYn0 TIL Jon Burge, Chicago Police Comander, tortured black people for 30 years and wondered out loud if jury would “believe that bunch of niggers.” Only gets convicted of perjury after years of support by Fraternal Order of Police
X0Gjj TIL in South Korea, only blind people can get a masseur's license. This law was established in 1912, to help visually impaired people earn a living. It was upheld by their Constitutional Court in 2008.
0wLJ5 TIL about the Detmold child, a 6,500-year-old mummy found in Peru. The child was born about 3,000 years before Tutankhamen and died between 8-9 months from a rare congenital heart disease and pulmonary infection. It’s one of the oldest preserved mummies in the world.