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TIL, in U.S prisons, suicidal behavior (e.g., self-harm) while in solitary confinement is punished with more solitary confinement.

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kyL5 TIL that the law of General Average allows shippers to jettison random goods off a ship in an emergency and that legally, everyone shipping goods on the same ship must share in the cost of the loss equally.
VMlMk TIL 64% of Americans believe schizophrenia involves a split personality. A person with schizophrenia doesn't have two different personalities. Instead, he has false ideas/delusions or has lost touch with reality. Multiple personality disorder is unrelated.
rR4Xy TIL It can take a photon 40,000 years to travel from the core of the sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to earth.
yaMa TIL that all lighthouses on the US coastline have been fully automated for roughly 30 years
XEnxQ TIL important matters in ancient Persia were decided drunk and then again once sober.