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XEMr8 TIL that a university found a white student guilty of racial harassment for reading a book titled Notre Dame vs. the Klan even though the book honored student opposition to the klan when it marched on Notre Dame in 1924.
QNP9p TIL about Seven Magic Mountains, a large-scale desert artwork in Nevada. Created by the Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone, it consists of seven fluorescently-painted totems of large, car-size stones stacked 32 feet (9.8 m) high.
XEkLk TIL that in the city of Iruma, Japan keeps track of their elderly citizen who have dementia by having placing a waterproof QR sticker on their fingernails or toenails
xVm5b TIL that if someone tells you to 'relax your tongue' and you start thinking about it and it starts to cramp, say "N". This returns the tongue to neutral position at the base of the top incisors, in addition to returning jaw muscles to neutral position for people with bruxism.
DOXV TIL A woman that reported 100 incidents of harassment and stalking, was found dead drugged with her arms hogtied behind her back, but ruled by the police as a suicide.