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Wapo TIL that when he took over as the head of Colorado’s department of corrections, Rick Raimisch spent a day incarcerated in solitary confinement, after which he called for immediate reform relating to the practice.
v1VAD TIL that during the Northridge Earthquake, 93-year old Diana Peplow got her WWII-era Red Cross nurse uniform and assisted survivors for over a month.
PY5ee TIL The NHS (The UK's national health service) is the fifth biggest employer in the world.
grLbW TIL that the human body glows in visible light, but the glow is 1,000 times weaker than the human eye can detect. Scientists captured this faint bioluminescence using ultra-sensitive cameras and found that the glow fluctuates throughout the day, peaking in the late afternoon and lowest at night.
GYZDE TIL in the aftermath of Katrina, Mexico deployed 184 personnel to aid relief,including handing out 100,000+ meals and supplies. This was the first flagged and uniformed deployment of Mexican military personnel in the USA in 150 years.