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TIL Brazil has 49 prisons with no guards, where a system of self-rule among inmates has proved a striking success. These prisons "are cheaper to run, have lower rates of recidivism, and are designed to benefit the wider community."

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v1vb7 TIL - In 1992, Sinead O’Connor’s career suffered a near lethal blow when she ripped up a photo of the Pope during a performance on Saturday Night Live. This is long before the public was aware of the Catholic Church's role in covering up child abuse, and the incident ignited a firestorm
e0RJn TIL A deer's eyes are more sensitive to light than ours. That's why when a deer is suddenly struck by the beam of a car’s headlights, its fully dilated pupils become blinded by the abundance of light, so it cannot see at all. This is why the deer just stands still in front of the car.
QBK9 TIL that after wife Mia Farrow lost $20K at the Sands, Frank Sinatra bought $50K in chips and attempted to win the money back. After failing and being denied credit, Sinatra drove a golf cart into a coffee shop where the casino manager was seated and fought with him. He never performed there again.
aWLZ TIL The Highest Birthrate of twins in the world, is the town a Nazi scientist fled to after the war. His specific area of study, was twins.
vPR9K TIL,the drug lord Chapo in a therapy session made public by the therapist admitted that he had only one addiction:women. The man also assured that he had at least 23 children.He was officially married three times. His last wife was 17 years old when the then 50-year-old chapo decided to marry her.