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TIL that non-violent attempts to escape Mexican prisons are not punished as ‘it’s human nature to want freedom’

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X0X5r TIL Multiple places in Europe have a tradition of making Love-Spoons, which are decoratively carved spoons given to women by their suitors.
OoAne TIL that, unlike Mr. (an abbreviation of "mister"), it is rare for Mrs. to be written in a non-abbreviated form, and the unabbreviated word lacks a standard spelling. Missis, missus, misses, and even mis'ess have been used.
LVQP TIL that Neil Armstrong was a BAMF. During Apollo 11’s lunar module descent, the computer began to malfunction, so Armstrong turned it off and landed it himself…with 20 seconds of fuel remaining.
16MN4 TIL that, in a bid to raise much needed funds, North Korea issued a set of stamps to commemorate the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana in 1981
JXaB TIL Almost all animals and plants synthesize their own vitamin C, but humans cannot because the gene for this enzyme is defective