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TIL that in January 1992, the banking system of Rhode Island suddenly collapsed, and hundreds of thousands of people lost access to their bank account for months, even years. Protesters were reported to smear excrement on the walls of the Rhode Island legislature in anger.

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lov0G TIL Young children will often effortlessly write in perfect mirror image because they haven't yet unlearned the idea that every object in the world is the same thing regardless of its orientation. 'Mirror writing' comes easily to them. Eg; A teddy is a teddy upside down or not, but a 'p' is not 'b'.
Lkon0 TIL the CIA actively helped Indonesian dictator Suharto massacre an estimated 1 million suspected Communist Party sympathizers in 1965, providing training, mass media suppression, and lists of individuals whom they later acknowledged as being innocent.
69Gvw TIL that in the 1950s, a psychiatrist had three paranoid schizophrenic patients who each believed they were Jesus Christ. He put them in a room together to see if their beliefs would change after confronting each other
D1exj TIL: That there were no spider bite related deaths in Australia from 1979 until 2015.
gQM8 TIL Qatar’s 2022 World Cup will take more lives than 9/11 due to horrible working conditions for migrant workers building stadiums and infrastructure.