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TIL that in Canada, they don't sentence criminals, like murderers, life in prison without parole as they consider it as cruel and unusual punishment

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EpXd TIL avocados used to be called “alligator pears.”
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j6Xnv TIL Ted Cassidy, who played Lurch on The Addams family, skipped 3 grades. But due to his size he played varsity football and basketball as a freshman in high school, despite being 11-years old.
omY7 TIL Baby carrots are shaped from irregulars and their invention reduced loss by as much as 70% in some crops
GAJ44 TIL baseball player John Lindsey spent a record 16 years in the minor leagues before being promoted to the major leagues. He made just 12 appearances in Major League Baseball before breaking his hand. He was sent back down to the Minor Leagues at the start of the next season.