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TIL the Aryan Brotherhood makes up only 0.1% of the U.S. federal prison population but is responsible for 30% of its murders.

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OR6a TIL Cinco de Mayo is only popular among the Chicanos in the US. In Mexico, it’s not even a national holiday.
yDAp TIL that while suffering from severe alcoholism, Craig Ferguson decided to commit suicide by jumping off the London Tower Bridge. As he was leaving for the bridge, a friend offered him a glass of wine, which lead to him getting drunk, and forgetting to kill himself. He entered rehab 2 months later.
re5w TIL there was a woman that faces jail for growing vegetables in her front yard; five large planter boxes containing basil, cabbage, carrots, tomatoes and cucumbers. The charges got dropped later on after the city was hammered with negative publicity.
QJ4Ze TIL "Gym" is "jõusaal" in Estonian language and it's direct translation would be "Hall of Strength".
8ZPZ TIL of the XF-84H “Thunderscreech”, an experimental propeller aircraft whose rotors moved at supersonic speeds and created continuous sonic booms visible from hundreds of yards away which were powerful enough to cause severe nausea, headaches, and even knock people to the ground.