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TIL that “Nutraloaf”, a bland nutrition loaf served in U.S. prisons has been challenged in court and called cruel and unusual punishment.

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X0n86 TIL that even though September is not the most common birth month in the U.S., 9 of the top 10 most common birthdays fall between Sept 9th - Sept 20th. This correlates to abnormally high conception rates during the December holiday season aka “New Years Babies”
yVDpJ TIL astronauts aboard the ISS do not wash or dry their clothes. They wear them until they're too dirty or stinky to wear, then they put them in a capsule and drop them into the atmosphere, where they burn up during re-entry.
Rkyw TIL that Jeff Bridges grand-daughter calls him dude-pa.
4Xv6o TIL about the 1936 built Russian computer that ran on water and solved partial differential equations.
p7E4 TIL; A gambler named Yip Hon once lost US$ 2 million gambling. The casino offered him a Rolls-Royce if he could win back a million. Two days later he left with 3 million and the car.