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TIL that Elvis met Nixon in a surprise visit to gain a federal narcotics badge.

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BvAb TIL that after WWI, the US began forced sterilization to prevent ‘imbeciles’ and 'promiscuous’ individuals from having children in order to clean up the gene pool
jYxR TIL that Sweden’s recycling program is so effective that 99% of household waste is recycled. Even its food waste is composted. Sweden even imports 700,000 tons of waste from other countries.
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