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TIL nearly 2/3 of Americans live in a “constitution-free zone”

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wyQo TIL Joe Arridy was named the happiest inmate on death row. He had an IQ of 46 and played with a toy train given to him by the prison Warden. Due to his lack of understanding, he smiled on the his way to the gas chamber
kJVKe TIL Spain used to have festival where tradition was to throw a goat from the Church window.
LklJQ TIL that in some countries, including China, Russia, Mexico and Germany, there is no punishment for escaping from prison because their law considers it human nature to want to escape. No extra time is added to an escapee's sentence provided they did not break any other laws in order to escape.
1aW1d TIL that in 1966, the world cup trophy was stolen off England, only to be found 7 days later in a garden by a dog named pickles
R7Vra TIL There is no such thing as an "alpha" in a wolf pack. Wolf packs operate more like human families: there is no defined sense of rank, parents are in charge until the young grow up, younger wolves don't overthrow an "alpha" to become the new leader, and social dominance fights are situational