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TIL the word “french” in french fries doesn’t need capitalized, since it means to slice food into thin strips

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b5y0 TIL In the 50s and 60s the American government forcibly removed Native American children from their parents and put them up for adoption or into institutions, in order to have them assimilate into “white culture.”
KOv5G TIL different masks have different filtration abilities. Surgical and N95 are great, here is a look at other options being promoted now
DNEP TIL “Ghostbusters” and “Gremlins” both came out on the same day… 30 years ago today.
ErEX TIL A South Korean Samsung worker committed suicide on Oct 2013 in protest against poverty wages and harsh working conditions. Choi was struggling to keep his family fed and was skipping meals to keep up with his hectic workload, which began at 7am and ended at 9pm EACH day.
vPkOK TIL that in 1969, the Soviet Union launched a space mission called Zond 5 which was the first spacecraft to orbit the Moon and return to Earth carrying living creatures including two tortoises, mealworms, and plants before the Apollo 11 mission.