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TIL That there are estimated to be at least a minimum of 100 political prisoners in the United States

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OGkRR TIL that one magician told Emperor Wu that he sees an aura of Emperor appearing from Chang'an prisons. Emperor became afraid of being overthrown and ordered execution of all the Chang'an's prisoners. Only one prison refused to follow the orders. This one prison had a man who later became an Emperor
Z81wa TIL that in addition to sporks there are other hybrid utensils called knorks, sporfs, splayds, spifes, and forkchops
7rwg7 TIL about Diego the tortoise who "had so much sex he saved his species". Named after the San Diego Zoo he belongs to a critically endangered species( just 15 tortoises left alive in 1976 ). After a successful breeding program he ended up fathering around 900 offspring.
g9Ky TIL the 1983 Atari video game burial in will be excavated Alamogordo, NM will be excavated next Saturday, April 26. All are welcome to attend
8evvP TIL that the youngest person ever to die of 'old age' was 8 years old - a girl named Anna Saikdon