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TIL the average inmate at Alcatraz read 75-100 books per year.

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JYvvm TIL that cats moon people and other cats to say hello.
lY6B TIL that Boeing’s factory in Everett, WA is so big that It could fit all of Disney Land inside the building, and clouds have been known to form inside.
9RbB TIL of the Horseshoe Theory. The idea is that the political spectrum isn’t a line, it’s more of a horseshoe shape. The extreme ends of the left and right are more similar to each other than moderate left and moderate right.
yQKyw TIL that a massive solar flare in 2012 barely missed earth (by mere days). Had it hit, the power grid would likely have failed, causing unprecedented devastation. Scientists recently determined that it was of similar magnitude as the 1859 Carrington Event.
Vde4 TIL that until 2006 Russian Cosmonauts carried weapons into space. This included a pistol, shotgun, and machete. The purpose of these weapons was to defend the Cosmonauts from wolves, bears and other wildlife after their return trip to the Siberian wilderness