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TIL that the US pays rent for Guantanamo Bay, but Cuba refuses to cash the checks.

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WkoE9 TIL At a prison facility in Nuuk, Greenland some inmates reportedly hold the keys to their own cells (to afford them privacy), and others may leave the premises during the day to go to work or school. Perhaps surprisingly, inmates are even allowed to go hunting with rifles to shoot birds and seals.
nv9d TIL that Woody’s actual full name is ‘Woody Pride’ and has been since the earliest days of developing the original Toy Story.
VyWB TIL a black musician helped dissolve the entire KKK in Maryland by making inroads with its members and imperial wizard, collecting their robes and hoods as they resigned that life. He had befriended 25 people.
JaG8 TIL that in 2012 Wells Fargo fired a customer service representative for putting a cardboard dime in a laundry machine back in 1963.
WkwA9 TIL bees not only sleep, but also take little bee naps on flowers