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TIL Instead of sending labor over to China or Bangladesh, manufacturers have chosen to forcibly employ up to 2.4 million incarcerated people in the United States. Chances are high that if a product you’re holding says it is ‘American Made,’ it was made in an American prison.

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Z8am4 TIL Anthony Hopkins won Best Actor for his portrayal of Hannibal Lecter, despite only having approximately 15 minutes of screen time.
78rPM TIL romance scams in the U.S. accounted for $304 million in reported losses by victims in 2020, quadruple what it was four years earlier. The average romance scam victim in Florida forked over $36,000 to their scammer, who they believed they were in love with after meeting them on a dating app.
6E8BW TIL of the Smokey Bear Effect, and how the stringent prevention of wildfires by the U.S. Forest Service has led to "megafires" which are much more destructive and even fatal.
Z8Xk4 TIL in anatomy, the atlas (C1) is the most superior (first) cervical vertebra of the spine. It is named for the Atlas of Greek mythology, because it supports the globe of the head which is the skull. The atlas is the topmost vertebra and with the axis forms the joint connecting the skull and spine.
reex TIL the final words of writer Roald Dahl, were almost: “You know, I’m not frightened. It’s just that I will miss you all so much” to his family. After appearing to fall unconscious the nurse then injected him with morphine to ease his passing, he uttered his actual last words: “Ow, fuck!”