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TIL that private prisons have contracts with states saying that they will sue for millions if not kept to a certain capacity

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kOlr4 TIL that the form of Chicken McNuggets are not random but are intentionally shaped the way they are
P1n8Z TIL there was a stage production of Road House featuring Taimak from The Last Dragon, and its official title was "Road House: The Stage Version Of The Cinema Classic That Starred Patrick Swayze, Except This One Stars Taimak From The 80’s Cult Classic 'The Last Dragon' Wearing A Blond Mullet"
n9oG TIL that ‘eyes wide shut’ holds the record for the longest continuous shoot at 400 days.
Y7xmr TIL In 1957 Little Richard enrolled in Oakwood College for the ministry. He told all the students he didn’t want them listening to his “devil” music and wanted buy his records back for more than the original price in order to burn them in a bonfire
7nZr TIL that spiders tune each strand of their web to a specific frequency by making some strans tighter than others so that when something is caught in it, the spider can easily pinpoint where it is. This is also used for determining whether what cause the sound is a food or a potential mate.