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TIL the US deported, without evidence of wrongdoing, the father of the Chinese missile/space program

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4X0w5 TIL that Facebook employs 15,000 content moderators to review some of the most disturbing content on the platform. Many of the moderators have been diagnosed with PTSD while others have reported believing in flat earth or holocaust denial after repeated exposure to the subjects.
1yr7 TIL in the first eight months of 1977 alone, Elvis Presley’s doctor prescribed him more than 10,000 doses of sedatives, amphetamines and narcotics
WklxY TIL that the constituency councillor of the Oshana Region of Nambia is named Adolf Hitler Uunona. His father named him such because he thought it was an interesting name and didn't know the historical significance.
jNd1p TIL of Winston’s Churchill’s daily drinking habits. 3-4 weak whiskey sodas, a bottle of champagne/wine with lunch and another with dinner, all rounded off with cognac and brandy.
b6PwQ TIL that when scientists transferred the gut microbiome of a schizophrenic human into mice, the mice started exhibiting schizophrenic-like behaviours.