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TIL Steven Russell escaped from prison by using laxatives to fake the symptoms of AIDS. He then called the prison, posing as a doctor, asking for prisoners interested in an experimental treatment, and volunteered. Once out of Texas, he sent a death certificate to the prison stating he had died.

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kbVE TIL: A NJ amusement park had a hole in the fence that kids would use to sneak in and avoid paying admission. The owner knew, but didn’t repair it because he felt the kids couldn’t afford admissions, but would spend money in the park anyways.
l7eYK TIL there was a man who smashed a door of a cupcake store, sat there for 15 Minutes, cleaned up the mess he had done, stole 6 Cupcakes and left. After being recognized, he profusely apologized and the store owner didn’t press charges but rather made a signature cupcake of him.
6E16Z TIL about Charity Hospital the second oldest hospital in the United States that was abandoned after Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans still spends $3 million dollars a year securing the building, after a $1.2 billion dollar hospital was opened to replace it.
p86AZ A video of a novel, ancient multiplication method has resurfaced on Twitter. Though the account calls the method “Vedic multiplying,” its real origins aren’t clear—sometimes it’s Japanese, sometimes it’s Chinese, sometimes it’s called line or stick multiplication.
691RJ TIL, from 461 to 468, the Pope Was Hilarius.