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TIL the “Asexualization Act” of 1909 gave the go-ahead for California to sterilize more than 20,000 men and women against their will

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PYWAg TIL an Eastern Air Lines flight crashed because the entire crew was so occupied with a burnt-out landing gear light that they failed to notice that autopilot had disconnected.
nweo TIL USA has broken, changed or nullified all treaties made with native Americans.
6EpYl TIL: That nearly 2,000 children die annually due to abuse or maltreatment in the United States
eByn TIL The light we see from the north star was emitted in the year 1583.
b6O7a TIL that in 2013, a Humboldt State study determined that teens who listened to heavy metal in the 80s tended to have more adverse childhood experiences than two non-metal control groups but they were "significantly happier" in their youth and had "significantly fewer regrets" than the control groups