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TIL there was a private prison that fed vegan meals, gave Bible studies, offered job training, anger management, etc. where violence dramatically decreased and inmates of all races associated with each other, where only 2% were rearrested, when the state of California had a rearrest rate of 95%.

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eppXJ TILT there were (twin) pregnancies wherein the more developed kid pumps blood for both the twins (acardiac and cardiac), and the acardiac twin cannot reciprocate it in any way, therefore causing cardiac failure in the developed one.
9AM6 TIL that the island of St. Kilda in Scotland was so isolated that its people had not heard of Britain’s king when it was rediscovered in 1746, and still practiced Druidism into the 19th century.
5VrvD TIL James Beck was a prominent art historian who criticized the restoration of both the Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo and the Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci. He believed that restoring an artwork risked altering it and instead advocated for conservation of artworks in their present state.
VM4LQ TIL that the largest distributor of toys is not some toy company or store but rather McDonald's. 20% of all sales (Happy Meals) include a toy. It's 1.5 billion toys each year worldwide.
KYlP9 TIL following the 1945 Empire State Building crash. Betty Lou Oliver plunged 75 storeys down an elevator shaft. This remains the world record for the longest survived elevator fall.