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TIL that housing a prisoner in California now costs more than a year at Harvard or $75,560, which is $2,000 above tuition, fees, room and board, and other expenses to attend Harvard.

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neBab TIL about Penile Implants; one of which allows people with Erectile Dysfunction to "Inflate" their family heirloom.
69EA8 TIL something called the "beer mile" exists, where runners must drink a pint of beer for every quarter mile ran. Other variations include a pint of Ben and Jerry's ice cream for 4 miles, as well as a variation in which runners must solve a rubix cube along with each beer for their mile.
78GMZ TIL actress (Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, Attack of the Giant Leeches) and Playboy centerfold (July 1959) Yvette Vickers died alone at home in 2010 and her mummified body was found by a neighbor in 2011.
xYZ1 TIL: During WW2, there was an Edinburgh derby (in soccer/football) that was so foggy, neither the commentator or the spectators knew what was going on. The commentator couldn’t mention the fog, incase Germans were listening. He described a fake game but under the fog it ended 6-5.
Oo6Je TIL that Kung Fu, which is symbolic with China, actually originated in India in 1st millennium AD and it was introduced in China by the Buddhist monks who travelled there from India.