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TIL federal prisoners must pay $0.05 per minute to read and type emails, despite earning as little as $0.23 per hour

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7DB7 TIL a stroke suffering cat owner tried to teach his cat to press a 911 speed dial. Unsure whether the training stuck, the owner later fell from his wheel chair during a seizure. Police received a silent 911 call from the house and arrived to find the man incapacitated and the cat by the phone.
9YrAQ TIL China consumes nearly 75% of the worlds pickles
kPa7 TIL paleontologists at Kent State University discovered a new species of hermit crab on the same day Michael Jackson died. They named it Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni in his honor.
P1n8Z TIL there was a stage production of Road House featuring Taimak from The Last Dragon, and its official title was "Road House: The Stage Version Of The Cinema Classic That Starred Patrick Swayze, Except This One Stars Taimak From The 80’s Cult Classic 'The Last Dragon' Wearing A Blond Mullet"
kJnb7 TIL Pamela Anderson declined to even read the letter from the actress portraying her (Lily James) asking for her blessing in the show Pam and Tommy