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TIL Quaker Oats fed disabled children radioactive oatmeal
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kane
TIL that an autistic girl was given a computer after 11 years of not being able to communicate with the world around her and was able to provide incredible information about what t is truly like to live with severe autism
woydE
TIL that Islam spread to North Africa because a general decided to ignore his orders. The Caliph sent a letter ordering his general not to invade Egypt. Suspecting it contained orders to withdraw, he said he would open it at the end of the day – by which time he had crossed the border.
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TIL minutes after FDR’s mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt, died, the largest of the many oak trees outside her home suddenly collapsed. It was a clear, windless day.
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TIL Feral Pigs in Canada are burrowing and building ‘pigloos‘ to survive the winter
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TIL about the thought experiment called the Ship of Theseus. During the maintenance of a ship, all the parts are eventually replaced, is that still the original object? If the discarded pieces are reassembled, is that now the original ship?