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TIL That in Israel there is a prison that was secret from the world and Israel itself and was only discovered in 2003. It is believed to still exist today.

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n5xB TIL in 1986 a French woman taught herself how to fly a helicopter, rented one, flew it over a prison, and plucked her bank robber husband off the prison roof.
epkng TIL Nelson Rockefeller, former Vice President of the United States and heir to the Rockefeller family fortune, died of a heart attack rumored to be caused by an orgasm during intercourse with his secretary. When he died the New York Times quipped: "Nelson thought he was coming, but he was going".
EgrjX TIL the line "Oh! Fuck! Shit! Bitch!" in Mo Bamba was a result of the computer freezing during recording
QNG0d TIL that Volkswagen in addition to making cars, also produces sausages in the same mega factory "under part number 199 398 500 A."
lKp1 TIL a serial killer in Southern California is alleged to have used some flesh from one of his victims in chili he made to for a chili cook-off. He won.