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TIL Helen Keller was a co-founder of the ACLU.

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j6Vv TIL Globs of white blood cells rained down upon a town in washinton causing residents to fall ill.
RnEQ TIL Thomas Edison did not invent the first electric light bulb, but rather became partners with Joseph Wilson Swan who had already developed & patented a working light bulb and Edison just bought him and his patent out. He was a brilliant business man and also kind of a dick.
Zpl7B TIL that DC refused to let the TV show "Harley Quinn" air a scene of Batman giving oral to Catwoman because they said "Heroes don't do that"
4XA7w TIL transgender/LGBT rights in Thailand are extremely advanced. Due to Thailand being 94% buddhist, which believes that you only occupy a body in this life, so your spirit is different. So if you're born a man but feel a woman, there's more societal acceptance that the body is wrong not the mind.
W75y9 TIL John Hinkley Jr. (who shot Reagan in 1981) has a YouTube channel featuring him performing original music and covers of works by people like Elvis and Bob Dylan.