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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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mxrQv TIL: Although there have only been a few studies, doctors have found that implementing a ketogenic diet can help reduce symptoms caused by Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.
8nJ4 TIL that Ted Kennedy was reluctant to run for the US presidency after his brothers John and Bobby were assassinated because, he said, “They’re going to shoot my ass off”.
KY6Ew TIL about Snatitation, a genetically-transmitted condition in which people sneeze after eating a meal and becoming full
grN99 TIL that all of the Thunderbirds pilots/operators were named after real life astronauts
VDpG TIL the 10th U.S. President, John Tyler (b. 1790), has surviving grandchildren to this day. He had a son when he was 63, and that son had children at ages 71 and 75. Those grandchildren are now 89 and 93.