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TIL it costs more to keep a prisoner in prison, than to send a student to Princeton.

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Y81G TIL of PETERS v. FIREMEN INSURANCE CO: man gives woman herpes, she sues him, he claims that since he used his boat to foster romance and sexual conduct the company that insured his boat should provide coverage because they were suppose to cover incidents resulting from his use of the boat.
j6Lvv TIL that Mussolini's regime used castor oil as a form of torture, forcing victims to drink large amounts, causing severe diarrhea, dehydration, and humiliation.
9Y47B TIL: Pablo Picasso's real name is Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso
N7yoJ TIL that the most complex word in the English language, or the word with the longest dictionary definition, is the word "set", with 430 senses and a ~60,000-word definition in the Oxford English Dictionary.
1ajKD TIL that there is a deadly stream in England that accelerates water from a 30-foot-wide river through a small gap called the Bolton Strid. Rumor has it that no one who fell in has ever gotten out alive.