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TIL as of 2013, war criminal and former Liberia president Charles Taylor is serving a 50-year sentence in a prison in Durham, England

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mx6RO TIL in 1971, astronaut Alan Shepard hit 2 golf balls on the moon - he hit the first one into a crater, and claimed to have smashed the second one "miles and miles and miles". However, recent research has shown that the first ball travelled 24 yards (22 m), and the second ball only 40 yards (37 m)
L1lm TIL that the Montreal bus system has a “between stops” service, allowing women traveling alone late at night to stop between designated bus stops.
Lk6jv TIL that a “white elephant gift exchange” takes its name from the legend of the King of Siam gifting rare albino elephants to those who displeased him because the upkeep costs would financially ruin them.
QJmrX TIL the character Ursula Buffay from Friends (Phoebe’s sister) actually originated on a show called Mad About You, before the show Friends came out.
QJK16 TIL In 2009 Sunagor launched what they claim to be the world's most powerful commercially available binoculars, going up to 160x magnification with a diameter of 70mm objectives