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TIL The US incarcerates 760 prisoners per 100,000 citizens which is 7 to 10 times more than other developed countries

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GaN7 TIL that in 2014, the asthma medication albuterol sulfate jumped in price from $11 for 2 tablets to $434, an increase of almost 4,000%.
Ooy86 TIL about Karen Silkwood, a chemical technician who died in a car crash after attempting to expose unethical things done at the nuclear power plant she worked in.
PlVG TIL The KEO Time Capsule, which will be launched in 2014, will re-enter Earths Atmosphere 50,000 years from now. The cool thing is that everyones invited to submit their own 4 page letter.
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