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TIL at Norway's maximum-security Halden Prison, prisoners are paid 53 kroner ($9) per day to leave their cells, which are equipped with a video game console, mini-fridge, and a window with no bars. Guard stations are tiny and cramped to encourage them to interact with the prisoners.

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78OXZ TIL that in 1997, Julie Andrews underwent surgery to remove non-cancerous nodules from her throat, but emerged from the surgery with permanent damage that destroyed the purity of her singing and made her speaking voice raspy.
mQR TIL That American soldiers in WW2 used the challenge “flash”, “thunder”, “welcome” because Germans could not pronounce the “th” or “w” sound appropriately
69b17 TIL using special aquariums, a team of researchers proved that some flowers that grow in the ocean are pollinated by plankton and invertebrates just like flowers on land. Inside each flower is a nutritious substance filled with pollen that sticks to the animals when they move from flower to flower
oRwr8 TIL that some creatures such as frog embryos can change their DNA using sound. We are experimenting with using sound for DNA changes now and this may lead to human DNA alterations without splicing, cutting or intruding into the body manually.
Wlr4 TIL the neo-noir crime thriller movie Training Day was filmed on site, in some of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Los Angeles, in order to give it an authentic feel. Nearly all the gang members in the movie are gang members in real life.