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TIL that Liechtenstein has just one jail

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kJl0e TIL that Michelangelo spent two months hiding in the underground chamber while evading a death sentence ordered by the Pope
16wx4 TIL the woodlouse, a common crustacean that goes back 100 million years, has over 50 different common names used around the world
gMXlX TIL that ‘nickname’ isn’t actually the proper word and it’s actually ‘ekename’. But when saying it to be grammatically correct you say ’an ekename’, then through speech it gradually morphed into ‘a nekename’ (nickname)
mxMYy TIL Isaac Asimov wrote a book named The Sensuous Dirty Old Man and was known as "the man with a hundred hands", in reference to his constant groping and molestation of women.
9jgG TIL Bender in Futurama is named after John Bender from The Breakfast Club