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TIL That Harrison Ford was once a roadie for The Doors

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rPEW TIL US government conscripted mentally and physically unfit soldiers for Vietnam war to avoid backlash from conscripting students
OGOZ4 TIL that the Romanian Parliament building, commissioned by dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, was so massive and deeply tied to the national economy that, after the 1989 revolution, the new democratic government had no choice but to continue using it—it was simply too costly and complex to abandon
mpQR TIL hallucinations can occur in any sensory modality—visual (sight), auditory (sound), olfactory (smell), gustatory (taste), tactile (touch), equilibrioceptive (balance), nociceptive (harm), thermoceptive (temperature), and chronoceptive (time).
6ELkQ TIL that indigenous women and girls make up around 40% of trafficking victims in the United States. They are only around 1.05% of the population.
ANpk7 TIL On october 5, 2022, in Idaho, USA, David Rush managed to hold and light 150 candles simultaneously in his mouth. David had previously held this record title. He reclaimed it at the Discovery Center of Idaho Science Center to promote STEM education