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TIL Theodore Roosevelt believed that criminals should have been sterilized.

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kOwdB TIL of Harry Yee, a Hawaiian bartender who created the Blue Hawaiian drink, was the first person to use paper parasols and orchids in mixed drinks, and helped popularize Tiki culture in the United States. He started bartending in 1952 and is still alive today at the age of 100.
WneX TIL that the Bermuda Land Snail was thought to have gone extinct in the 70s. In 2014, many were rediscovered in a Hamilton city alleyway. The snails had colonized the alley early on and the surrounding city shielded them from the threats that wiped out the rest of the species.
x6AOg TIL that there's an annual soccer competition, called the Muratti Vase, inaugurated in 1905, between teams representing the Channel Islands of Alderney, Guernsey and Jersey. Jersey won it 57 times, Guernsey 46 times and Alderney just once in 1920 and hasn't been to a final in almost 90 years
dDXD7 TIL The United States is closer to the Netherlands than Brazil
kON05 TIL That two people died during the production of France's version of the show 'Survivor'. A contestant died from medical complications following a challenge, and then the doctor who treated him committed suicide a few days later.