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TIL that the US government would take federal prisoners on "Diesel therapy" where they just fly them through the country for days, or even weeks

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kAEg TIL in Arizona, the Superstition Mountains is the home of the Apache Thunder God who cursed the land by killing anyone who travels the mountain trying to find his gold. Deaths began as early as the Spanish explorers in the 1500’s and up to this day. Some of the corpses were found decapitated.
A7ga TIL in Americas first settlements marijuana/hemp was required to be grown by all farmers
1n5O TIL the word ‘callipygian’ meaning 'having shapely buttocks’ or in modern day words ’ bootylicious’
e0N6b Til Humans And Tortoises share a little more than 90% of dna.
1owr TIL There was an Iranian diplomat who saved hundreds, possibly thousands of Jews in WW2 by handing out Iranian passports. Despite praise for his actions he died in poverty and exile in 1981.