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TIL In 2011, a Supreme Court case decided that prisoners in a for-profit prison couldn’t sue anybody if their right from cruel and unusual punishment was violated, as it’s a corporation doing the cruel and unusual punishing, not the government.

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7J0Z TIL “Boko Haram” means “Western education is forbidden” in English. Mohammed Yusuf, the group’s first leader, has stated that he does not believe that the Earth is a sphere, nor does he believe that evaporation causes rain.
WOKB TIL The best way to learn a language is through frequent exposure to its sound patterns–even if you haven’t a clue what it all means.
p87BG TIL that there has never been a war between two countries that have a McDonald's in it. This has developed the theory Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention.
wor8J TIL Adolf Hitler was a cartoonist for the army newspaper during World War I
YvdW TIL Gary Condit was not only cleared of having any involvement in the murder of Chandra Levy, but the real murderer has been caught and was found guilty back in 2010.