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TIL in 1941 California built a prison for violent inmates where cells were unlocked and there was only a short barbed-wire fence around it

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xVmr5 TIL Alexander Hamilton’s ideal plan for a strong central U.S. government had the president and every senator serving lifelong terms subject to “Good Behavior”.
gxoX TIL, Russian Scientists discovered seeds 124 feet below permafros that an “Ice Age Squirrel” had buried, the seeds dated back 32,000 years old. They were successfully germinated and a year later created their own seeds.
78MmM TIL that the Japanese killed 250,000 Chinese civilians in response to the Doolittle Raid. Chinese people who aided the American airmen were tortured before they were killed. The Imperial Japanese Army had also spread cholera, typhoid, plague infected fleas and dysentery pathogens.
Aw0a TIL Darth Vader lost an arm/hand 7 times in total
5VYmR TIL scientists identified a thought to be extinct plant with aphrodisiac and contraceptive properties. The mythical plant, used widely by most ancient Mediterranean cultures, was found 2000 km away from its last place of sight.