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TIL: One of ADX Florence inmates was Richard Lee McNair. He got sentenced into the Supermax not only for murder but also escaping prisons three times. Once, he mailed himself out of a prison; escaping and evading the authorities.

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6EZWw TIL that evaporation of the man-made Salton Sea has caused algal blooms from concentrated fertilizer runoff, botulism-tainted fish, massive bird die-offs that required 24/7 incineration of the carcasses, and toxic, foul-smelling clouds of dust that wafted into Los Angeles.
WMo4 TIL Aristotle believed the heart provided the ability to think, and the brain was just a heat sink for the heart.
b9Gma TIL that a boiled egg can be unboiled with centrifugation
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