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TIL a 23-year-old man was put by the DEA into a windowless room without food, water, or a toilet for 5 days because they “forgot” about him

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Eg8Ox TIL about the Merci Train - a collection of 49 boxcars sent by France to the United States in response to humanitarian aid provided after World War II. Each state barring Alaska got their own, and 43 still survive today.
9wVem TIL the truck from Big Trouble in Little China ended up being owned by a trucker in Vermont, who drove it as a work truck
9YbyG TIL Mosquitoes pee on us. As they take in a blood meal, they urinate to dispose of the waste products.
OG0JX TIL about Nathan Larson, the man behind multiple pro-incest/beastiality/abuse forums, and how he ran for office
OooW7 TIL that Beatrix Potter, the author of “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” was also one of the leading mycologists of her time.