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TIL pistachio shells take several years to decompose

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QJGp9 TIL Liu Xiaobo, the first Chinese citizen to be awarded a Nobel Prize of any kind while residing in China, was imprisoned 4 times for his human rights activism and spent more than 13 years in prison since his return to China in 1989.
Wk7E4 TIL that in 1935 the mayor of New York City banned the sale of artichokes after the mob took control of the industry during the "Artichoke Wars"
wLk71 TIL that lemurs use a certain kind of millipede to get high. The millipedes also act as a kind of insect repellent too, keeping mosquitos away from the lemurs for a bit
DWEj TIL 70% of African-American children and 58% of Hispanic children do not know how to swim compared to 40% white children.
kORP1 TIL In 1918, an American socialist called Eugene Debs was sentenced to 10 years in prison for criticizing the government participation in WWI, in prison he ran for president in the 1920 presidential election and managed to get 3.4% in the popular vote.