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TIL oil isn’t made of dinosaur fossils.

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MeWQA TIL 3 days after Hitler's suicide, 1 day before Germany's unconditional surrender, the RAF bombed SS Cap Arcona. Over 7000 Jewish concentration camp prisoners lost their lives.
yQ9V TIL that the U.S. Census lists prisoners as residents of the communities where they are confined. Therefore, voters who live in legislative districts with prisons, typically in rural areas, wield more political clout than other voters.
5YvDD TIL Before Edward I was king of England, he was a prisoner of Simon de Montfort. One day, he asked if he could ride the guards horses and raced them one by one. When he got to the last horse, he rode off to freedom, and all the other horses were too tired to give chase.
LkY7Z TIL pianist Ian Stewart Co-founded The Rolling Stones, was removed from the band in '63, but still played for them for over two decades, and was their road manager.
kO7B5 TIL the US military has an Active Denial System aka Heat Ray used for crowd dispersal