› added 1 year ago

48

TIL studies suggest that from 1970 to 1976, the IHS (Indian Health Service) sterilized between 25-50% of Native American women of child-bearing age.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

v1rrL TIL that Indian surgeons were performing successful rhinoplasties as early as 600 BC. They'd slice an upside-down nose shape from your forehead skin, twist it around, and insert hollow bamboo sticks for you to breathe through.
VoB TIL that over long periods of time, couples literally develop similar facial features.
kOe5W TIL about the Unipiper, a Portland man who patrols the streets wearing a kilt and Darth Vader mask while playing the bagpipe all while riding a unicycle
p8rMN TIL the first 'talking car', the 1982 Datsun 810 Maxima, stored its voice messages ("lights are on", "left door is open", "fuel level is low", etc.) on a 3-inch, shock-resistant, plastic phonograph record.
Lk4Pr TIL that NBA star Larry Bird would taunt the people guarding him by telling them exactly what he was going to do before he did it.