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TIL that we can’t taste as well at high altitude.

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M70EB TIL that Mississippi still has debtor's prisons. People are locked up in restitution centers where they are ordered to stay until they pay off fines and restitution to victims. Prisoners pay $11 a day for room and board all while making wages as low as $7.25. Many owe a few thousand dollars or less
Bg69b TIL that American heavy metal band Lamb Of God used the Papyrus typeface for their logo
a87D9 TIL that the film 'Transylvania 6-5000' (1985) starring Jeff Goldblum and Ed Begley Jr. was shot in Yugoslavia and coproduced by the Dow Chemical Company. Dow had funds in Yugoslavian Dinars that could only be spent within the country, and they needed to unfreeze the assets.
BPrd TIL President Lincoln signed a mandatory draft law that allowed the rich to buy their way out.
gyKb TIL of the Greenland shark, that eats polar bears, and can live up to 500 years old.