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TIL America’s largest mental hospital is a jail.

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VymZ TIL - John Carpenter’s 1976 film ‘Assault on Precinct 13’ received an X rating by the MPAA for having a little girl murdered on screen, which they cut from the film for re-review, they then received an R rating and then re-added the footage back into the film for cinematic release.
oBwNE TIL despite being thin and athletic, serial killer Israel Keyes got lap band surgery in his late 20s, presumably so he could go for prolonged periods without eating during his murder sprees
vP0ZK TIL that Georg Elser tried to stop Hitler five years before Stauffenberg
7rRoL TIL that when chillies were first introduced to Japan, instead of eating them, people would grow them as small decorative plants or put them in their shoes to keep their toes warm.
k96d TIL Victoria’s Secret perfume is almost as powerful as DEET as a mosquito repellant