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TIL US prison workers produce $11bn worth of goods and services a year

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mxDgp TIL cats sleep a lot to get ready for their next hunting spree.
xnZg TIL Olympic / sports doping offers an example of the Prisoner’s Dilemma: if no athlete dopes, nobody has an advantage; if one does, he/she benefits, but if all athletes dope then the advantage disappears and only the potential negatives (getting caught) remain.
YdXB TIL the mobile game “Send Me to Heaven” involves throwing your phone as high in the air as you can. the creator said he made it with the hope of destroying as many iPhones as possible, but Apple banned it from the App Store
Yp06v TIL the green falling code in The Matrix is just loads of sushi recipes.
OGek7 TIL researchers strapped cameras to 60 outdoor house cats and found they killed on average 2+ animals per week