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TIL: In Mexico If you escape from prison and do not break any laws, you will not be charged for anything and if you are caught time will not be added to your sentence… escaping is in human nature and there not only legal but considered to be the right thing to do.

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El4d TIL The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) started a 2 hour TV special called “Finding Dispersed Families” in the 80’s that helped war torn families reunite after 30 years, but with overwhelming applicants, the show went on for another 6 months helping reunite hundreds of thousands of families
E19Dd TIL that screenwriter David Goyer once fought against the idea of a Batman vs. Superman movie saying: "Batman Vs. Superman - Where You Go When You've Exhausted All Possibilities." A decade later he ended up writing Batman V. Superman.
xVl91 TIL of the Peanut Butter Hearings of 1959, which took place after the FDA revealed that leading peanut butter products only contained 75% peanuts to cut costs. This enraged the public, who began referring to these products as “peanut-flavored face cream” and standard of at least 90% peanuts was set.
Brnvy TIL: A bronze sculpture at handsome Victor Noir's grave shows him prone & dying after a lost duel. Age patinated the metal to a green-brown color except on his lips and his (um) bulge --which gleam! They shine from constant contact by the superstitious who seek good luck by (ahem) "remembering" him.
woGm8 TIL that, despite being widely taught in schools, the idea that different sections of the tongue are exclusively responsible for different basic tastes is a common misconception