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TIL some states in India had made every crime punishable by forced sterilization in the 1970’s. Some were punished for traveling on a train without buying a ticket. In total 8.3 million vasectomies & tubal ligations had been done.

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NXxl6 TIL Dutch historian Rutger Bregman spoke at Davos in 2019 to a roomful of rich people about the need for them to pay their fair share of taxes
99ED TIL that many notable famines in history have actually stemmed not from a lack of food, but rather from bad ( or deliberate ) government policies.
699EY TIL that in bowling, the reason why three strikes in a row is called a turkey is because in the late 1700s-early 1800s, turkeys would be common prizes given to those who could bowl three strikes in a row during tournaments.
p8p7G TIL about Split-Brain-Patients, who have their brain hemispheres disconnected. While those "do not show any significant difference in function" from healthy persons, you can prove with specific experiments that there are two brains working independently without recognizing each other
6EDJ8 TIL Mice on Earth may like running in wheels, but mice in space apparently take advantage of the microgravity to run in circles by bouncing off the walls.