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TIL Private prisons keep prisoners incarcerated longer for the same crimes

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0d99A TIL about the Candle Salad, a popular dish in the 1920 - 1950s in the US. Made from a banana, pineapple on a bed of lettuce, with mayo or cottage cheese and a cherry on top. In the 50s it was used to encourage kids to eat fruit.
9ZxD TIL Jaguars frequently get high by eating hallucinogenic roots, which also increases their senses for hunting.
E1Edo TIL that author, Barbara Follet, who published her first book at 12, vanished under strange circumstances. Her disappearance eerily resembles the last paragraph in her final book.
9lYM TIL Clint Eastwood was cast as Two-Face in the 1960s TV Show, but it was canceled before he could appear.
rNEQ0 TIL the US government owns 80.1% of all the land in Nevada, 61.3% of all the land in Alaska, and 24.7% of all the land in the US.