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TIL that Aboriginal Australians have the highest incarceration rate in the world.

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8LaG TIL there is an electric bell in Oxford University that has been ringing almost continously for 175 years.
Lmkp TIL the only award Jason Statham has ever won was a Women Film Critics Circle Awards for “Most Offensive Male Character”. He’s only been nominated for two other awards (one being a Kid’s Choice Award).
16lVD TIL more than 40 percent of the USA's roads are in poor or mediocre condition. The assessment of bridges, airports and water infrastructure is similar.
69LQl TIL a pair of fossilized hadrosaur vertebrae exists with a Tyrannosaurus rex tooth embedded inside, surrounded by healed bone growth. This indicates the animal was attacked by a T. rex and survived.
wPV6 TIL the company that makes coral snake antivenom in the USA decided it was unprofitable and stopped producing it in 2003. The USA’s stock of coral snake antivenom expired in 2008 but the FDA has extended the date ever since to keep what is left available to the public.