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TIL That in some US States such as Florida, former inmates can be billed for the costs of their imprisonment once they’re released

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GYX7J TIL in 1935 a USMC General and Medal of Honor recipient wrote a bestselling book describing how wars exist to enrich corporations.
MAJB TIL South Korea ranks 3rd in global suicide rates, and the biggest cause for youths? Bad scores related to an extremely difficult universal university entrance exam.
grxk7 TIL an Australian soldier named Herbert James "Ringer" Edwards survived being crucified for 63 hours by Japanese soldiers during World War 2.
ANoYa TIL in 2021 Interstellar Technologies launched their TENGA Rocket named after their main sponsor; the adult toy manufacturer of the same name. Onboard was a masturbator equipped with sensors whose data was to be used to develop them for space use.
gMZZ9 TIL Vitaminwater is basically sugar-water, to which about a penny's worth of synthetic vitamins have been added. A bottle of vitaminwater contains 33 grams of sugar, making it more akin to a soft drink than to a healthy beverage