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TIL that Henry David Thoreau’s last words were, “moose” followed by “indian”.

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WkoE9 TIL At a prison facility in Nuuk, Greenland some inmates reportedly hold the keys to their own cells (to afford them privacy), and others may leave the premises during the day to go to work or school. Perhaps surprisingly, inmates are even allowed to go hunting with rifles to shoot birds and seals.
jNARQ TIL of Thad Roberts, a former NASA intern who spent 6 years in prison for stealing 17 lbs of moon rocks. He wanted to ‘give the moon’ to a girl he liked, so they stole the rocks together, spread them across his bed, had sex on top of them, and then tried to sell them online to undercover FBI agents
ADbZ4 TIL squirrels will pretend to bury nuts to thwart other squirrels who want to steal the nuts they bury
yVXYl TIL Hemingway was three months sober when he killed himself in 1961
60yJ TIL A substitute teacher was fired after she asked her 4th grade students for dating advice. She had her class to help her decide between two men she was seeing.