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TIL Helen Keller was as a cofounder of the ACLU

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xV4Rw TIL balding men don't actually lose hair; the hairs just become progressively smaller until they are microscopic, the same way they are at birth.
oBLWE TIL Between 1951 and his death in 1985, Yul Brynner gave 4,625 performances as the King of Siam in “The King and I” on stage, which at the time was a Broadway record for a single role. He is also one of only nine people to win a Tony and an Oscar for the same role.
vPvD4 TIL a civilian sued the U.S. government after he was kidnapped, beaten, and tortured for 28 hours as part of a military exercise
Vgw0 TIL that in the Simpsons opening theme when maggie is scanned, the register flashes “$847.63” which was the average price to support a baby monthly in the US at the time of the shows debut in 1989.
OojZX TIL about Stephen C. Sillett, the first ever scientist to explore the canopies of the old growth giant redwood forests