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TIL that the U.S. and other countries used to have “ugly laws” that made it illegal to be out in public if you had visible disabilities, looked diseased, or were otherwise unsightly.

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9YP1B TIL In 1992 Tupac Shakur performed at an outdoor festival. A confrontation occurred and Shakur drew a legally registered Colt Mustang, and allegedly dropped it. A bullet was discharged. It hit 6-year-old Qa'id Walker-Teal, who was riding his bicycle at a school playground. Killing him.
Z8YbQ TIL according to studies,an estimate of 1 million fathers in the U.S. are unknowingly raising another man's child.
P78V TIL that Germans killed an estimated 1.9 million non-Jewish Polish civilians in concentration camps
R77l7 TIL The story about the lynching of WWI veteran William Little is untrue.
OGkBL TIL: Ancient Chinese Toys (400 BC) Inspired Modern Helicopters. A stick with feathers at the end was rapidly spun between the hands to generate lift and then released into free flight. In 1754, Lomonosov developed a rotor modeled after the Chinese top, but powered by a wound-up spring device.