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TIL Kurdish children in Turkish prisons prison are deprived of food and medical treatment, beaten while naked with iron bars by prison staff, and sexually abused by adult prisoners

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6lLw TIL CIA created a gun that could shoot darts that caused heart attack. Upon penetration of skin the dart left just a tiny red dot. The poison itself worked rapidly and denatured quickly afterwards. It was revealed in 1975 in a Congressional testimony.
9YaWm TIL about Chris McCandless, AKA Alexander Supertramp, an intelligent young man who left his wealthy family to hitchhike after graduating college, donating his entire $25,000 in savings, and eventually ended up being found decomposing in a bus alone in Alaska
NXy7J TIL Cheryl Miller, who turned 60 on Wednesday, won two NCAA titles at USC and a gold medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics in basketball. Furthermore, her younger brother Reggie also played basketball.
yQpnp TIL that in 1905, 19 people died playing football. Ten of those killed were aged 17 or younger. People, including President Teddy Roosevelt, called for rules changes. They sought to remove slapping, nosepulling, and biting, but critics thought it would make the players soft.
Brad TIL In 1922 there was a riot in New York City because of people wearing straw hats after the date that it was considered socially acceptable to do so, September 15th.