TIL that there's an event in Louisiana where they have convicts sit in the middle of an arena playing poker while an angry bull charges at them

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TIL that there's an event in Louisiana where they have convicts sit in the middle of an arena playing poker while an angry bull charges at them

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Today I Learned (TIL)English · 3 months ago

Angola prison rodeo offers risks and rewards for Louisiana's hard-knock lifers

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Cash prizes – and the chance to be treated ‘like a regular person’ – are the lure for inmates braving angry bulls and bucking horses at Louisiana’s biggest prison

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