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TIL that watermelons in Japan are square because it makes them easier to store and pack

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e0dQ6 TIL that after his footage of Joe Exotic burned in an obvious arson attack, Rick Kirkham returned home to Dallas, Texas, where a mere six months later his house burned down, killing his dog.
GyRG TIL - There has only ever been one successful shoot-down of a F-117A stealth plane, in 1999 during the NATO bombing of former Yugoslavia, the Pilot ejected safely. Since then the US pilot and Serb that shot him down have become good friends.
ADQ6d TIL that the main function of the little hole in the pen cap is to prevent deaths by suffocation in case someone swallows the pen cap by mistake; saving hundreds of lives a year.
8ekoL TIL Prisoners are being used in place of migrant farm workers.
5Ln9 TIL that a man was given a 13 year sentence for armed robbery in the year 2000, but the state of Missouri forgot to put him in prison. They only noticed in 2013, 13 years later, when it came time for his ‘release’.