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TIL Starbucks charged rescue workers for bottled water during 9/11.

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krP7 TIL there was a private prison that fed vegan meals, gave Bible studies, offered job training, anger management, etc. where violence dramatically decreased and inmates of all races associated with each other, where only 2% were rearrested, when the state of California had a rearrest rate of 95%.
69B4Z TIL that the top of Mount Chimborazo is farther from the Earth's center than Mount Everest
yQl7J TIL that a French town honored a toilet as a war hero for over 25 years. The town's mayor showed General Patton a grave in 1917, unaware that it said 'Abandoned Rear', meaning a latrine. When Patton came back during World War 2, the latrine was still being maintained as a hero's grave.
KOA6J TIL Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, the man who famously sang "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" was an avid supporter for Hawaiian independence.
mxX0p TIL that Arnold Schwarzenegger made his first million BEFORE he became famous in movies... by selling real estate