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TIL in 49 of 50 states in the US, inmates are billed for being incarcerated after they're released.

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X00Nk TIL HPV can affect men as well. The virus causes 95% of anal cancer, about 64% of oropharyngeal (tonsils, throat, base of tongue) cancers, and rarer cancers, such as penile cancers. There is currently no approved screening test for HPV in men.
9Y0j6 TIL the earliest Sanskrit text is not found in India, but in Northern Syria
4X9LR TIL The Common Cold is not a single virus. It actually refers to a collection of over 200 virus strains, with rhinoviruses being the most common.
QPJ6 TIL that Saudi Arabia, which gave us 15 of the 19 September 11 hijackers, will soon get the coveted “trusted traveler” status from the Department of Homeland Security.
16bZP TIL that Chex (originally Shredded Ralston) was created by pseudoscience writer Webster Edgerly as a food to give mind control powers to white people.