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TIL the world record for most arrests is held by an Australian man named Tommy Johns who, by 1988, had been arrested nearly 3,000 times for being drunk and disorderly in a public place.

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4XJgX TIL the cellist of Electric Light Orchestra, Mike Edwards, was killed when a 1,300 pound hay bale rolled down a hill and collided with the van he was driving.
vPQYj TIL that "bile" bears are kept continuously in "crush cages" for years so bile can be surgically harvested. Some are caught as cubs and remain caged, without being able to stand, sit up or turn around, for 30 years. A significant proportion die due to stress, unskilled surgery or infection.
a8dDL TIL Roughly 81 million eligible American voters did not cast a ballot in 2020…
Oor47 TIL: "Noctural penile tumescence" refers to men having erections during the REM phase of sleep. Observation of this can help doctors diagnose erectile dysfunction: if the penis gets erect during sleep, the patient's problem is likely psychological and not a problem of blood flow.
R7PMa TIL 100 square miles of LA are surrounded by a religious physical wall called an "eruv" which symbolically extends the private domain of Jewish households into public areas, permitting activities within it that are normally forbidden in public on the Sabbath, such as carrying babies.