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TIL that the United States led the world in forced sterilizations before Nazi Germany.

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Dlje TIL That it isn’t a lack of Oxygen that causes mammals to breath, but a build up of Carbon Dioxide.
6EYaw TIL Johnny Cash performed dressed all in black, in contrast to most of the major country acts in his day – rhinestone suits and cowboy boots. Cash wrote the song "Man in Black" to explain that he wore black for the poor and hungry and those betrayed by age or drugs.
0gGj TIL that Frank Zappa and David Bowie once had dinner together, during which Frank refused to say anything to Bowie besides “Fuck you, Captain Tom.”
1QPr TIL that in NYC in 2012, more Black babies were aborted than born