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TIL America’s largest mental hospital is a jail.
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TIL in 1955 Jack Daniel’s was selling about 150,000 cases annually of its black-labeled Tennessee whiskey. That year Frank Sinatra endorsed the liquor during a performance. Because of that, by the end of 1956 Jack Daniel’s sold about 300,000 cases
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TIL that there are walls in Scotland that people made during the Iron Age using heat to melt rocks together, but the specific methodology is unknown and continues to baffle scientists. They are the Vitrified Walls of Scotland but can be found in other European countries as well.
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TIL In 2011 Los Zetas kidnapped hundreds of innocent bus passengers in Mexico and made them fight to death like gladiators. The winners were sent on suicide missions
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TIL hiding backwards messages in music is banned in California.
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TIL Hitler sent a long telegram wishing happy birthday to Christian X of Denmark for which he replied “Giving my best thanks, King Christian.” This succinct reply angered Hitler to expel the Danish ambassador.