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TIL that you check out people instead of books At the Human Library. Instead of checking out a book, you “borrow” a person who has stories to tell gathered from a unique life experience for half an hour.

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WZBd TIL: North Carolina performed forced sterilizations well into 1970s to combat poverty and welfare costs. If their board deamed you mentally defective, that was their solution.
X0Anr TIL that a man planned to kill Jodie Foster but changed his mind after seeing her in a stage play
rPrd TIL the producers of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest asked local car salesman Mel Lambert to help them find grotesque-looking locals to play extras. Lambert placed an ad asking “Do You Have a Face That Scares Timberwolves?” Despite subsequent editorials protesting the insult, the ad was a success.
MaM0 TIL - Circuit breakers halt trading on the nation’s stock markets during dramatic drops and are set at 7%, 13%, and 20% of the closing price for the previous day.
wvaY TIL that people with anxiety perceive the world differently-their brain lumps both safe and unsafe things together and labels them all unsafe.