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TIL France public pools require men to wear Speedos for Hygiene reasons.

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0YVM TIL: A prisoner was murdered by prison guards by spraying him with 180 degree water from a hose, choking him with steam, and peeling his skin off his body.
AQ7d TIL the Aryan Brotherhood makes up less than 0.1% of the prison population, but is responsible for 18% of murders in the federal prison system.
Ejjo TIL a Teenage Fry Cook went to College to Study Marine Science, then Art, then went on to create SpongeBob SquarePants.
awBXo TIL Walgreen’s massive expansion from 20 to 500 locations in the 1920’s was due to its sale of “medicinal whiskey” during prohibition.
XWDj TIL that when Joseph Heller—author of the classic American novel ‘Catch-22'—was told that he had never written anything else as good as his book, he replied “Who has?”