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TIL America’s largest mental hospital is a jail.

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wLyD6 TIL Europeans brought deadly viruses and bacteria, such as smallpox, measles, typhus, and cholera, for which Native Americans had no immunity
M77DW TIL about Ttongsul, an ancient Korean medicine made from fermented poop of a 4-7yo child
4XBMg TIL Bill Gates succeeded in his mission to build a Toilet to help combat the sanitary crisis across multiple parts of Africa and India. Costing $350, its powered by worms, and doesnt require to be hooked up to a sewer system.
e0Kx5 TIL Chris Morris, from the IT Crowd, has been fired from many jobs due to the many pranks he has pulled during his radio career, including filling one of the radio booths with helium, causing the newsreader to report the news in an extremely high-pitched voice.
kODVE TIL that Jack White and Jack Black recorded a song together as Jack Gray