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TIL Bernard Noble was sentenced to and is currently serving 13-40 years in prison for 2 joints (strike 3 conviction).

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xlbo TIL That Victoria’s Secret used prison labor in the United States to make their lingerie in the 90s (and very well may be doing so to this day).
1rg8 TIL that you are more likely to die as a drug dealer in Chicago than as a death row inmate in Texas.
VMl90 TIL only one firefighter actually got up to the fire in WTC on 9/11 by fixing an elevator himself to 40th floor and then running all the way up to 78th floor.