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TIL Half of the world's prison population of about nine million is held in the US, China or Russia.

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rRDBo TIL of incinerating toilets that are used primarily in places where plumbing is difficult or impossible to install. They use propane and electricity to burn waste.
Z8KwG TIL that at the end of the bronze age (1200-900 BCE). Several ancient civilizations were invaded and in some cases conquered by an obscure force of "Sea Peoples". They were a contributing factor to the Bronze age collapse and their origin is still mostly unknown.
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