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TIL a jail in Brazil allows its inmates to pedal exercise bikes to power lights in a nearby town in exchange for reduced sentences

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QNd46 TIL that comparatively few libel suits in the United States are successful.
loloa TIL There’s an American in Colorado that is convinced that he’s the rightful heir to the British Monarchy
9w0p6 TIL that from 2016 to 2023, John Deere's End User Agreement prohibited non-authorized technicians from servicing any component or system that had embedded software. Farmers could not repair their own equipment nor get third-party repair services.
BN1x TIL that after 1812, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson spent “the rest of their lives writing fascinating letters to each other.”
XE4AQ TIL that not only did the Choctaw nation donate during the Irish Famine but they also donated to the Shell to Sea campaign.