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TIL that the Nazi eugenics programme was heavily influenced by the American one, and that prominent American scientists praised it.

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Opb7 TIL that President Lyndon B. Johnson often peed in public, even during his presidency. One time, a gust of wind blew his urine onto the leg of one of his Secret Service agents. When the agent informed him he was being peed on, President Johnson replied, “I know. That’s my prerogative.”
WkAb4 TIL about Kuru. a terrifying disease caused by eating human brains. Villages in Papua NG ate brains of the dead as an act of love and twisted brain proteins caused trembling and “the laughing death”. People die within 2-4 months.
78wwX TIL the US government recalled and burned $200m in currency and printed special money for Hawaii in case Japan invaded
Jy6Q TIL that Egyptian Pharaohs were once required to masturbate into the Nile to keep its flow cycle stable.
mx1DO Since the 18th century, male academics cite their own papers on average 56% more than their female counterparts.