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TIL a man broke out of prison by mailing himself in a crate and evaded capture hours later by convincing the police he was a jogger. He then traveled from one side of Canada and the States to the other before being caught.

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b9Mo9 TIL erotic artist Toshio Maeda in the 80s started to feature tentacles in his intercourse scenes to avoid being censored by the Japanese government. His "a tentacle is not a penis" argument worked and started the trend of Japanese anime, manga, and video games featuring tentacles.
XEO0P TIL from 1800 to 1860, Vermont's census reported 17 slaves. It was eventually discovered that this was an error and, in fact, there never were any slaves in Vermont.
gNo7 TIL Santa Claus received 670 votes in the 2012 US presidential election
N7dlJ TIL Some McDonald’s salads have more calories than the burgers
4dea TIL David Kirwan, 24 from California, jumped into a hot spring, typically measured at 200°F (93°C) at Yellowstone after his dog escaped the truck and ran into the Celestine Pool, yelping. Several people tried to warn Kirwan off by yelling at him not to jump in, but he shouted “Like hell I won’t!”