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TIL Prison Rodeo is a real thing - inmates play poker in the middle of a rodeo with a raging bull and have to sit and resist the urge to run from it in order to win money

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EdRW TIL: A Woman thought some cheese was cocaine so she hired a hit-man to kill a house full of people to steal it.
woO1W TIL about "Amazon Tours", where members of the public can book a free 60-90 minute tours of select Amazon Fulfillment Centers throughout North America
Wkywo TIL That Dung beetles are currently the only known non-human animal to navigate and orient themselves using the Milky Way
768O TIL When Queen Elizabeth was married in 1947 post-war rationing was still in effect and as a result, she had to save up clothing ration coupons to pay for her dress.
D1MAP TIL roughly 2000 Canadians fought in the Spanish Civil War (proportionately higher than the ratio of US or British volunteers) and roughly half died