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TIL 1 in 5 inmates in US jail are mentally ill

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Lk050 TIL of co-emperors Caracalla & Geta,who hated each other.At a meeting set by their mother, Caracalla had Geta killed.Caracalla then killed any who knew Greta.Over 20,000 were killed.It became a capital crime to even say "Greta".Years later he sacked a city because they held a satire of the murder.
kJ8dm TIL about the birthday effect. A statistical phenomenon where an individual's likelihood of death appears to increase on or close to their birthday, variously attributed to alcohol consumption, psychological stress, increased suicide risk, and other factors.
R5j7Q TIL Kayden Kross ,the porn actress, started her career because she wanted to save a pony from being slaughtered, she needed to get enough funds to buy the pony which made her start stripping
oler TIL That there are plots in porn because it used to be illegal to make pornography without plots in the 90s under the obscenity law
9Yl6X TIL that there is a statue of Babe Ruth standing in the Sendai Zoo in Japan. It was on that very spot – considered sacred by some – where the great Yankees slugger’s first home run in Japan landed.