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TIL The "train joyrider" Darius McCollum has been permanently placed in a psych ward notorious for abuse and violence.

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GAoM1 TIL there were square halos. These were used in donor portraits, a depiction of the person who commissioned the artwork placed among saints, to mark the contemporary donor.
KJQR TIL that German architect Herman Sörgel had a plan to build an enormous dam across the Strait of Gibraltar to lower the sea level of the Mediterranean Sea by up to 200 m to colonize new territories and produce huge amounts of hydroelectricity.
gr0R4 TIL that J. D. McDuffie holds the record for the most race starts (653 over 27 years) in NASCAR’s Cup Series without a win. He collected 106 top-10 finishes.
VBJAk TIL the highest minimum wave in the world is 24CHF ($26.61) per hour in Geneva, Switzerland
ANp1x TIL India developed Vyomitra, a female humanoid robot, to accompany its first astronauts in the historic Gaganyaan spaceflight program