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TIL that the iconic couple in the "American Gothic" painting are actually father and daughter, not husband and wife.

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L5Rv TIL that if you and your spouse were born under China’s one-child policy, that you are allowed to have two children. A second child is also allowed for ethnic minorities and for farmers.
EJ9x TIL Leo Szilard conceived the nuclear chain reaction,the nuclear reactor, and wrote the letter suggesting the Manhattan Project, which Einstein signed. After being diagnosed with bladder cancer, he designed his own radiation therapy which led to a full recovery.
9w0jm TIL that since the 1st Thanksgiving and 1900, MORE than 9 million 300 thousand members of 1st Nations (Native Americans), have been victims of genocide at the hands of the US Government.
Z8Vya TIL that Henry Darger, a hospital custodian, wrote The Story of the Vivian Girls, a 15,000 page novel with hundreds of watercolor illustrations. He never showed it to anyone, and it was only found when he died.
KO69a TIL Netherlands is closing its jails because of prisoner shortage, they import prisoners from other countries to keep their prison machinery in order.