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

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wLbdP TIL There is a statue of Van Damme in a village called Vandam (in Azerbaijan)
eVE6 TIL there was a man named Joseph Bolitho Johns who escaped Australian prison so many times, they built a special cell just for him. He escaped that as well.
Vod0 TIL that the WWE has a nuclear-proof vault that has all of the WWE’s footage
oRmDL TIL there was a quite a few cases of heavily insured airplane passengers blowing themselves up in the 50s/60s.
YpExd TIL about The Human Library, an international organization/movement started in 2000 and active in more than 80 countries where, instead of books you 'borrow' people. People with interesting and unique life stories volunteer to be the 'books' and share their experience and answer questions.