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TIL showers in Alcatraz had only one heat setting which was moderately hot so that the inmates couldn’t acclimate to the surrounding waters.

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NgJ6 TIL there’s a place in Mongolia that was declared sacred by Genghis Khan. The only people allowed to enter were the Mongol Royal Family and a tribe of elite warriors, the darkhat, whose job it was to guard it, punishment for entering being death. They carried out their task for 697 yrs, until 1924.
NXyM8 TIL about Esmie Tseng. She endured parental abuse despite having top marks in school, often getting punished by standing naked in the corner for grades such as 96%. In 2005, she murdered her mother with a butcher knife. Later, she was tried as an adult and ultimately served six years in prison.
1PPX TIL that the current Donkey Kong character is not the same as the villain that appeared in the 1980’s arcade games. The original DK is the character now known as Cranky Kong.
aw0QN TIL that because because Vatican City is only 0.44 square kilometers, and is home to one pope, they have a Pope density of 2.27 Popes per square kilometer.
5YjOk TIL over 7% of America is afflicted by Autoimmune disorders.