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TIL that up until 1977 an IQ of 70 or lower meant sterilization was appropriate in North Carolina.

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dWKE TIL the “an average person eats nine spiders in their sleep” statistic was invented in the early 90’s as an example of the absurd things people will believe simply because they come across them on the Internet.
rJX1 TIL: Robert Oppenheimer, “the father of the atomic bomb,” tried to kill his university tutor with a poisoned apple.
N7xmJ TIL that after taking inflation into account, 'Gone with the Wind' is the movie that made the most money of all time
LknEm TIL after experiencing headaches Gerardo Moctezuma consulted doctors who performed an MRI revealing a tapeworm in the middle of his brain. It was removed in one piece during surgery. Doctors said it had been there for a decade and the rare condition was caused by eating under-cooked meat.
16bpW TIL of the courtesy flag - a small national maritime flag of the host country, flown by ships when entering a nation's territorial waters for the first time.