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TIL that Nevada's state prison used to have its own casino

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jNwWN TIL the Pentagon has worked behind the scenes on over 800 major movies and more than 1,000 TV titles. If there are characters, action or dialogue that the DOD don’t approve of, a film-maker who uses military equipment has to make changes to accommodate the military’s demands.
Eg4m0 TIL that the words “right or wrong,” are not definite, absolute or finite. They can have multiple meanings based on the person using the words as they are disambiguous.
jNL1n TIL In the gas chambers of Auschwitz it could take between 7-20 minutes for the victims to die from the gas while they fought to get out.
0WRM TIL The number of Chinese killed by the Japanese during WW2 is greater than the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust
e0Vrk TIL that a single Anonymous Sperm Donor has fathered 150 children, and inspired two movies.