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TIL that in 2009 Israel tried to create private prisons but their Supreme court ruled against it, saying they were a violation of basic human rights.

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9KAQ TIL Trappist beers are brewed in monasteries, most of which are located in Belgium. The beer is brewed, either by the monks themselves or under their supervision and the profits are donated to charity for social work and to help persons in need.
JEZ4 TIL During the 1970 Aspen’s sheriff’s election, Hunter S. Thompson shaved his head bald so he could refer to the crew-cut, ex-army, Republican incumbent as “My long-haired opponent.”
x65L0 TIL that an outbreak of cyanide poisoning in Tylenol in 1982 is what brought about safety seals on over-the-counter pill bottles.
Me6rb TIL Abolitionist Frederick Douglass was fortunate to have been taught to read by his owner mistress and he would go on to become one of the major literary figures of his time. By the Civil War and during Reconstruction, Douglass became the most famed and widely travelled orator in the nation
yQPrv TIL of Saturn, an American Alligator born in 1936, who is rumoured to have met Hitler and survived the Battle of Berlin as one of only 96 out of 16000 animals from the Berlin Zoo to survive WW2. He was moved to Moscow Zoo after the war where he still lives today.