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TIL In 1990 Noam Chomsky wrote “If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.”

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D1AEP TIL Ryan's Rule is a medical precedent in Queensland where, if a person feels their medical concerns are not being taken seriously, they can request a re-evaluation. This rule came about after a 3 year old child died of a bacterial infection after a hospital doctor declined to perform blood tests.
Z86d4 TIL there is a Colombian species of Frog called Allobates Niputidea or in english, Allobates Not a Fucking Clue. This is because when discovered, the team had no idea of how to classify it.
nlQP TIL The more educated a woman is, the more likely she is to drink heavily and report drinking problems.
j6y7Q TIL HORSE the band played 80 shows in 4 Continents, 45 Countries in a span of 90 days. The tour entitled Earth Tour was self booked and self financed for $100,000 .
NDyJ TIL in 1920, the U.S. Department of Justice arrested thousands of innocent Americans for radical leftist activity, in what is now called the Palmer Raids