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TIL Private prisons keep prisoners incarcerated longer for the same crimes

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Wwo8 TIL that the technical name for the division sign (÷) is “Obelus”
gM4pb TIL human decomposition begins 4 minutes after death, its called autolysis, or self-digestion. Blood circulation and respiration stop. Excess carbon dioxide causes an acidic environment, causing membranes in cells to rupture. Enzymes begin eating the cells from the inside out.
kJk84 TIL the origin of "sweatshop" was in the 19th century when new technology like sewing machines made mass production possible. "Sweating" was defined by the British parliament as "work carried on for inadequate wages and for excessive hours in insanitary conditions"
NXgZP Today I learned that there is a kind of mineral called "Cummingtonite" .
RBx8 TIL: Bats exert no energy to hang upside down, instead relying on its body weight to keep it’s talons closed.