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TIL the Aryan Brotherhood makes up less than 1/10th of 1% of American prisoners, but is responsible for 18% of prison murders

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0dgYv TIL that 5-time F1 world champion Juan Manuel Fangio couldn't race in the 1958 Cuban Grand Prix, because he was kidnapped by Fidel Castro's henchmen to attract worldwide publicity to their cause. He was treated well and handed over to the Argentine embassy soon after the race
9YAVD TIL Pencils produced in the 1990s with the anti-drug slogan "Too Cool to Do Drugs" were recalled because, when sharpened, they read "Do Drugs"
KO8N9 TIL Hasbro has trademarked the smell of Play-Doh. It is described as a “sweet, slightly musky, vanilla-like fragrance, with slight overtones of cherry, and the natural smell of a salted, wheat-based dough.”
b9jNE TIL there is a traditional Sardinian cheese banned in the EU that is filled with live maggots and secretes liquid (not safe for life)
Bgo7y TIL that during the sinking of the USS Lexington in 1942 after Japanese attacks, sailors paused evacuating to get ice cream to take with them before jumping ship