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TIL the costliest prison in the U.S., the Colorado Supermax, is $78,000 per prisoner per year. Guantánamo bay costs $2.8 million per prisoner per year.

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xQD0 TIL: 50 % of female US marines failed the minimum requirement of 3 pulls ups.
0daNv TIL 'Heroin' (diacetylmorphine) is named after the German word 'Heroisch', meaning Heroic. It was trademarked by Bayer Pharmaceuticals in 1898, though they weren't the first to discover it.
NnnJ TIL Oslo, Norway has the best subway coverage in Europe, with 80 percent of all commuting done by public transportation
ZpWBB TIL in 1873, the US Supreme Court denied Myra Bradwell from practicing law. Some of the reasons were "would open the flood gates and many more women" and "Brutal cases would not be appropriate for a woman".
78nr TIL Cuba has a literacy rate of 99.8%, higher than any other country in the world.