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TIL that since 1986, a grassroots group called Border Angels has been leaving bottled water in desert canyons to help migrants survive, even as the U.S. militarizes its border

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bJJN TIL in 1971, a woman petitioned a Judge for permission to sterilize her “somewhat retarded” daughter. Without a hearing, evidence, or representation for the daughter, the judge granted permission. The daughter later tried to sue the judge, but the Supreme Court voted 5-3 to grant the judge immunity.
VB6Y4 TIL that China uses only one time zone across the entire country, despite spanning about 5 geographic time zones
QlMp TIL 63% of Arab Americans are Christian
78xjp TIL James Bond villain Goldfinger is named after Ernő Goldfinger an architect because Ian Fleming had a feud with him
jnj TIL that as a boy, Michael Bay attached some firecrackers to a toy train and filmed the ensuing fiery disaster with his mother’s 8mm camera.