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TIL over 62,000 Swedes were sterilized as part of a national program grounded on eugenic, medical and social grounds. This program continued into the 70's.

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xwBo TIL In 2011, a crested black macaque pressed a trigger on a wildlife photographer’s camera, set up in a jungle for that specific purpose. This incident set off an unusual debate about copyright. In 2016, a federal judge ruled that a monkey cannot own the copyright to the images.
8akk4 TIL of Soviet spy, Gevork Vartanian, who stopped the Nazi assassination of Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill at the age of 19; 400 German agents were arrested/killed because of his efforts, and the assassination was ultimately prevented.
X1nP TIL that the National Zoo has a suspended wire system to allow orangutans to travel between buildings. there’s a chance of being pooped on.
EpOp TIL Amethyst is Greek for “not intoxicated” because the stone was once thought to protect the owner from substance abuse.
nOAY TIL South Korea has governors for the 5 provinces it claims in North Korea