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TIL about Bastoy, the Norwegian prison that treats inmates kindly with guards who act like social workers, and boasts a 16% reoffending rate (compared to 70% elsewhere in Europe and the US).

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kJege TIL about the Toronto Circus Riot of 1855 - a group of clowns got into a fight with a group of firefighters at a brothel, which led to a massive riot. The end result was large scale police reform in Toronto.
b9oN0 TIL Ian McKellen rejected an offer to play Dumbledore after Richard Harris died because Harris disapproved of his acting, and McKellen had already played "the real wizard"
78Edb TIL the film "Close encounters of the Third Kind" is shown every single night at the Devil Tower KOA, making it one of the most screened movies ever.
VBnnG TIL about Poland Syndrome, a medical birth defect where part of the individual’s chest muscles are missing during birth.
ANpax TIl that the body of water Moses parts in the Bible is actually “The Reed Sea”. Scholars are unsure if this refers to the Red Sea.