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TIL in Mexico the act of escaping from prison is considered legal because the law recognizes that all people have a fundamental desire to be free.

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NXPM1 TIL: The "pudding" that is supposed to be included in a "full English breakfast" isn't a desert, it's a "blood sausage."
lB17 TIL only once has a submarine sunk another sub while both were underwater
kO0Em TIL of Heinz Heydrich. Brother of Reinhard Heydrich who was a key architect of the Holocaust. When Heinz learned of the Final Solution he helped many Jews escape their certain deaths by forging identity papers.
waBM TIL advocating removal of the monarchy in the UK is officially punishable by life imprisonment.
MPb7 TIL the meme “sex offenders have an 80% re-offense rate” is bunk, despite being cited by the Supreme Court multiple times. The actual rate is closer to 2%.