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TIL The USA boycotted the 1980 summer olympics because it was held in Moscow

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Bg0ND TIL in 1862 John Langdon Down was the first to describe a distinct mental disability, calling it "Mongoloidism" due to patients' thin eye shape and shorter stature. Now known as Down Syndrome, was discovered in the 1950s to be caused by the presence a third copy of chromosome 21.
4kZ4o TIL Danish student Maren Ueland’s friend was killed in a 2011 bombing in Morocco. 7 years later, Maren was beheaded while also visiting Morocco.
OoXJL Today I learned: Extremely out of date bananas are superior to fresh Bananas in a smoothie. Overall taste is amplified with the sweetness from the stale(but perfectly Safe) banana. The texture also becomes a lot smoother thus increasing the overall smoothie experience.
8aK5K TIL Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives was the first and only movie in the series that didn’t have nudity. Part 6 was also the first to receive positive reception from critics since part 1, due to its introduction of metahumor and action elements
9wbbp TIL in 1610, Opossunoquonuske, a female chieftain of the Powhatan Confederacy, used “feminine guile” to lure 14 English settlers to a feast, convincing them to leave their weapons on their boat. It was a trap—her warriors ambushed them, killing 13. Only one man survived.