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Wd6X TIL while the overall crime rate in the US fell 45% between 1990 and 2012, the rate of imprisonment rose by 222% between 1980 and 2012. The per capita cost per inmate rose 250% in that same time period.
16d TIL During the New Mexico State Penitentiary Riots a prisoners head exploded after a blow torch was used to burn out his eyes
AB77 TIL hacker Samy Kamkar created a Myspace virus, which made anyone that looked at his profile automatically become his Myspace friend. It spread at a rate of 1000 accounts becoming his friend every second, resulting in over 1 million friends. Samy was raided by the Secret Service and got probation.
awp4o TIL: Kentucky and Missouri are the only neighboring states that have no direct road connection
rNmo0 TIL an standard American football field is 53.3 yards wide. For more than 50 years I thought it was 50 yards wide.