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TIL It costs $44,563 to incarcerate a prisoner for a year in California—nearly the same price as a year at Harvard University with room and board

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DQxED TIL of Clement Vallandigham, a lawyer and congressman during the Civil War. The Union deported him for supporting the Confederacy. After the war, he died by accidentally shooting himself during a murder trial while trying to show the murder weapon could have misfired. His client got off as a result
BrKnL TIL Ancient Roman spies used urine as invisible ink to write secrets between the lines of their official documents, hence the saying: "read between the lines." The messages appeared only when heated.
loVlB TIL: In Taiwan, today, August 8th is celebrated as Father's Day because in Mandarin, 08/08 has the same pronunciation as the word for father: "Ba Ba"
1axY7 TIL people with higher IQs are found to suffer from more mental health problems. While data shows highly intelligent people have a greater life expectancy, it found higher IQs result in increased reports of mental health problems like depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD and others.
Ww5N TIL that a company in the UK uses the foreskins of circumcised babies to develop an anti-wrinkle cosmetic treatments