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TIL that thousands of poor Black women were sterilized involuntarily in several southern states by white physicians when they presented for care for other health issues. The procedure became known as a Mississippi Appendectomy.

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84WZ TIL Charlotte Brontë wrote much of her early fiction in microscopic handwriting. One manuscript contains 4,000 words over 19 pages and is small enough to fit in the palm of a hand.
Menl0 TIL of the "Brown Ocean Effect", wherein tropical cyclones maintain their strength of even intensify after making landfall. Tropical Storm Erin (2007) and Bill (2015) both exhibited characteristics of this phenomenon.
4kLo TIL the founder of Subway started it to try to pay for his tuition fees through Med School
OVd4 TIL that when Michael Foot was put in charge of a nuclear disarmament committee, The Times announced the news with the headline “Foot Heads Arms Body”
VMdnm TIL There's a 30 Year-Old Airline That's Never Flown