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TIL that 55.1% of all US prisoners are in prison for drug offenses.

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4kdPb TIL that glacier mice are are colonies of wandering moss, observed as far apart as Alaska and Uganda. They move at least an inch a day as a herd and in a non-random fashion. Though they reproduce asexual, the conditions for them to form, or the the nature of their movement, has yet to be explained.
gMp4y TIL in 1978 a group of men stole reels of the movie "The Brink's Job" at gunpoint and demanded a million dollar ransom for it's return. "The Brink's Job" itself was a movie about a heist that occurred 30 years prior, where nearly 3 million dollars was stolen.
5YnjR TIL that after Korean soccer player, Ahn Jung-hwan scored the goal to eliminate Italy from the 2002 World Cup, his contract was cancelled by Perugia- the Italian club he played for, for ‘ruining Italian soccer.’
81pZ TIL the concept of witches riding broomsticks stems from medieval women applying hallucinogenic drugs vaginally using a broomstick, resulting in the sensation of flight
bdej TIL the Hobbiton movie set used for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit was originally built to last temporarily for filming, but the landowner saw money in offering guided tours of the Shire to the public and so requested that the structures were made permanent. It’s now a busy tourist attraction.