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TIL Bob Marley’s son, Damien, bought a 77,000 square foot prison in California for $4.1 million to convert into a medical weed growing facility. The operation has created over 100 jobs and generated millions in tax revenue for the state.

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Wk77L TIL when African elephant bulls enter “must” (a rutting phase of the reproductive cycle), they experience Green Penis Syndrome. During this time they secrete pungent liquids from their temporal glands, while the penis turns green and releases a constant dribble of strong-smelling urine.
D1Nne TIL In 1929, W. Forssmann performed the first human heart cath on himself. He tricked the OR nurse, put himself under local anesthesia, inserted a catheter into his arm, then walked to the X-ray room to see if it reached his heart. He was fired from the hospital, but awarded the Nobel Prize in 1956.
69BpX TIL: In Japan Christmas Eve is usually considered a romantic day for couples and can be considered the "Japanese Valentines Day". On Christmas Day they eat traditional Christmas foods such as Christmas cake (sponge cake with whip cream and strawberries) and Kentucky Fried Chicken ordered in advance
9wbGG TIL that Sweyn Forkbeard was the first Viking king to rule England. He massacred, plundered, and burned his way through the countryside, capturing London on Christmas Day 1013. He died just 40 days later. Upon his death the previous king Æthelred the Unready came back and retook his throne.
O7RR TIL Philip A. Contos was a motorcyclist who died at an anti-helmet rally after he flipped over his handlebars and hit his head on the pavement