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TIL Prison Guards once handcuffed an inmates hands above his head outside in 100+ degree weather, took his clothes so he would receive more intense sun burns and refused to give him any water for 7 hours. The courts ruled that what the guards had done wasn't cruel or unusual punishment.

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w9K8 TIL that internet is really scarce in Cuba and people gather at designated public places to access it
QN85M TIL an elephant trampled a woman to death then returned days later to her funeral to trample the body again
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