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TIL in 2018 a Missouri deer hunter convicted of poaching hundreds of deer was forced to watch the animated film “Bambi” once a month for the duration of his one year prison sentence

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aw6NL TIL that the slogan "when it rains it pours" is advertising the fact that that Morton Salt has a moisture-absorbing additive which keeps salt flowing freely even when the humidity is high
npWW TIL that in 1997 Morgan Freeman offered to cover the cost of prom for a Mississippi school that held two racially segregated proms every year, provided that the one Freeman would be covering would just be one racially integrated prom. This offer was refused until 2008.
Z85YQ TIL that it's actually illegal for companies like FedEx to ship "non-urgent" letters unless the customer pays at least six times the value of USPS postage.
VB0RZ TIL ''There is a historical narrative found in the New Testament of the Holy Bible that refers to the practices of gambling during Christ’s lifetime. In fact, once Christ had been crucified, the bible mentions that the Roman soldiers cast lots (dice variation) for his clothes.''
YMKB TIL that Magnetospirillium magneticum is a free-living bacteria which has the ability to actively take in iron, convert it to magnetic magnetite, align it like a backbone along its body, and travel through its environment using magnetic fields.