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TIL Australia had a white people only policy until the 1970s

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1l4d [TIL] Locks of Love uses very few of the hair donations they receive to make wigs for disadvantaged children
9oeQ TIL Tony Hawk was hyperactive as a child. His parents had him psychologically evaluated only to find out he was a genius with an I.Q. of 144. Skateboarding became his outlet for his excessive energy and a couple years later he went professional at age 14.
a8VY9 TIL Benzodiazepines were originally marketed in the 1960s for the relief of anxiety, stress and insomnia and became very popular with women of the time. The gendered cultural meanings of Valium, a well-known benzodiazepine, was cemented in the 1966 Rolling Stones’ song “Mother’s Little Helper”.
MeyQA TIL There is an island in Ontario known as Treasure Island. Treasure Island is a large island in Lake Mindemoya, on Manitoulin Island, which is in Lake Huron. It is said to be the world's largest island in a lake on an island in a lake.
8QwK TIL that Jonathan Lee Riches got the Guinness world record for having filed the highest number of lawsuits in the world. When he heard of this, he sued the Guinness Book of World Records