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TIL: Mexico would not extradite cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the US without assurances he would not be executed. "Drug kingpin activity", along with treason and espionage, is one of a few "crimes against the state" punishable by death under US federal law.

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gaw9 TIL A South Carolina teacher once read “Enders Game” to her class and got suspended for it because they said it was Pornographic
mNwM TIL: It was once believed sperm contained miniature people that grew in to full sized humans
kJ5QW TIL of Roland the Farter, a performer who farted on command for the King and was awarded much land.
pYZvO TIL that the Australian Ibis (aka bin chickens) have learned how to eat the invasive and poisonous cane toad. They do this by picking the toad up, shaking it around to get it to expell its poison and empty is poison sacs, then washing the poison off with water.
loY7 TIL that George W Bush’s AIDS prevention response in Southern Africa was actually a FAILURE, and the rate of new infections grew as a result of it.