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TIL Maya Lin, designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in DC, faced harassment based on her ethnicity after her design was picked, including presidential candidate Ross Perot calling her an “egg roll”.

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N7Aab TIL that in the movie ‘Titanic’ Jack Said Roses name 75 times and Rose said Jacks name 84 times throughout the film. (As in addressing each other to each other)
P54n TIL a BBC investigation found that collagen being used in British cosmetic surgeries had been harvested from executed Chinese prisoners.
J1yJk TIL many people hear voices and music in white noise. This is known as auditory pareidolia or “musical ear syndrome.”
wBjP TIL that asthma inhalers containing ozone damaging CFCs were banned in 2008 in spite of their small environmental impact. Drug companies have greatly benefited from the ban because they can change more for HFA inhalers that are still patented. The drug has not changed, only the delivery mechanism.
8aGA4 TIL that Mao Zedong ordered mass genocide of Sparrows which caused the ecological imbalance as pests and bugs increased rapidly which resulted in less produce which further caused Great Chinese Famine which killed 20-45 million people due to starvation.