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TIL that the APA declassified homosexuality as a mental illness in 1973

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loOpV TIL That Napoleon demanded a method of communication that would not require light or sound. Therefore ‘Night Writing’ was developed as a tactile military code, but proved too difficult for Napoleon’s troops to learn and was rejected. Night writing became the basis for braille.
kJVgg TIL that the famous bassoon opening melody from Stravinsky's Rite of Spring is taken from the Lithuanian folk song "Tu, manu seserele" (O, my sister)
YpmQB TIL that the stethoscope was invented when a doctor felt uncomfortable placing his head on a woman's chest.
WD58 TIL each dollar spent on prison education reduces incarceration costs by $4 to $5 during the first three years after a prisoner is released.
kJla5 TIL the person who coined the phrase “the future is female”(sally miller gearhart believed that “The proportion of men must be reduced and maintained at approximately 10% of the human race”