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TIL in 1929 the US supreme court voted 8 -1 in favor a Euginics program requiring forced sterilization of citizens deemed not smart enough to reproduce

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JYXBj TIL in the mid-1960s three corporations, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, controlled over 90% of the American new car market. GM alone had a nearly 50% market share at that point.
xVdXB TIL that in 2011, an egg-sized meteorite believed to be 4.5B years old struck a home in France. The meteorite was one of 60 that have fallen in France over 400 years. The best, most coincidental part? The family’s last name was Comette.
1agx7 TIL There was a woman who saved up to $1300 a month by using match.com and going on dates for 30 days a month.
5vkQ TIL that Sigmund Freud believed cocaine was a cure for many mental and physical problems.
l11K TIL Denzel Washington subjected himself to being waterboarded for his role in the film, “Safe House”