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TIL the longest prison escape is 46 years, by Leonard T. Friscoe who was finally turned in by his son.

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BrQjK TIL: in 1952 President Truman attempted to nationalize the Steel Industry during a worker’s strike. Using an executive order to try and seize steel mills and force workers back to the job to support the Korean War, it was overturned by the Supreme Court for exceeding presidential authority
dZwE TIL John Kellogg, inventor of Corn Flakes and founder of the Kellogg company, worked tirelessly to “reform masturbators” by wrapping their genitals in sharp wire to prevent arousal, burning their genitals with acid to desensitize, and circumcising small boys without anesthetic, among other things
9JDm TIL Having your heart broken will partially resonate in the part of the brain that responds to physical pain, so taking some Tylenol can actually help with heart break.
VlLk TIL that if the NC/SC state line, or a county line, passes through your house that you vote in the state/county in which your master bedroom is located.
xJjB TIL a student was arrested for stripping down to his underwear in Richmond International Airport revealing the Fourth Amendment written on his chest. Charges against him have been dropped and law enforcement officers are now required to take a two-hour class on the First and Fourth amendments.