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TIL Bhutan committed ethnic cleansing against its indigenous Nepali population, leading them to seek refuge in other countries including Nepal and European countries

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PYQYG TIL the words "idiot", "imbecile", and "moron" were specific descriptors of IQ-based intelligence with each indicating a different IQ range
ZRBQ TIL that dolphins are not uniquely intelligent; chickens perform similarly on the same intelligence tests used to push for legislation to designate dolphins “non-human persons”, & the evidence that dolphins are capable of complex emotions, such as empathy, have been inconclusive.
GyE4 TIL in 1987, Christian missionaries visited an isolated Brazillian tribe that had not had hardly any contact with the outside world, and in the process introduced viruses that caused 25% of the tribe’s population to die in the following six years.
J1RO1 TIL about the Torino Scale, a tool used to determine the likelihood of an asteroid impact with Earth.
6Yr7 TIL the BBB has become a complete scam. They call up reputable business and scare them into paying for a good grade. Hamas has an A and the Ritz Carlton has an F because they refuse to pay.