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TIL that Eugenics was widely practiced in the United States, years before Nazi Germany, including forced sterilization, feeding of TB infected milk, and the consideration of gas chambers

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ADNrl TIL Homer Simpson is an honourary citizen of Winnipeg
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QMZd TIL Batman used guns until 1939.
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