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TIL a child molester voluntarily castrated himself to get rid of his urges and be freed from prison

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d8Gyr TIL: That you can grow bamboo in Canada and cold climates, some species are even solid and can withstand temperatures down to -25 (f).
j6J6v TIL the sun’s tide-generating force is about half that of the moon (Thurman, H.V., 1994).
aDlN TIL It is thought that the first vibrator may have been made by Cleopatra, by filling a tube with bees.
N7BPE TIL that although the Chernobyl nuclear-power-plant had a meltdown in 1986 and had rendered the land around it uninhabitable, the remaining reactors of the facility remained in normal operation and generated power until the year 2000.
JYZA8 TIL that the northernmost battle of the American Civil War happened in St. Albans, Vermont. 21 Confederates arrived via Canada and checked into local hotels over the course of a week, before staging three bank robberies, stealing $3.4 million dollars (inflation-adjusted) and fleeing back to Canada