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TIL that there’s a plantation turned prison in Louisiana that looks straight out of the 1800’s making prisoners pick cotton while guards are on horseback

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rNOZ1 TIL Ken Jennings and his friend Earl both passed the Jeopardy auditions together, but Earl couldn't compete until Ken lost as they weren't allowed to compete at the same time. Since Jeopardy only keeps auditions until the end of the season, Earl didn't get a chance to play due to Ken's long streak
QAnM TIL after putting his acting career on hold in 2008 “Malcolm in the Middle” star, Frankie Muñiz, went on to pursue a career in open wheel racing for a few years and then joined an indie rock band as a drummer until 2014
wOmJ TIL that “Bruce”, the shark created for the movie Jaws, almost killed George Lucas. On a visit to the effects shop Lucas stuck his head into the shark’s mouth and, as a joke, Spielberg closed it on his head, trapping him. The mouth was jammed shut and had to be pried open in order to free Lucas.
OGLy6 TIL the Indian muntjack species went through several chromosome fusions, which caused it to become the vertebrate with the smallest number of chromosomes: 6 in the females and 7 in the males.
074R TIL that the technical term of an “L-shaped” enter key is the “big-ass enter”