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TIL that the American Psychiatric Association officially banned its members from commenting on a public figure’s mental health without examining them. The policy is known as the Goldwater rule.

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xxmo TIL The poem “First they came” was actually written by a repentant Nazi supporter who wound up in a concentration camp himself. While his poem is usually taken as a warning about political apathy, it can also be taken as a warning against the dangers of divisive politics.
W7YD4 TIL that In 2010, a black Nigerian couple living in London gave birth to a white, blond haired & blue eyed baby that they called 'The Miracle Baby'
78ok7 TIL of Pájaro Verde, a toxic moonshine beverage concocted in Chilean prisons with the ingredients consisting of sugar, rice, rotted fruits and also includes things such as turpentine, paint thinners and paint. There have been cases of prisoners mixing their feces in it to aid in fermentation.
9YR4r TIL that the seven-colour rainbow flag is used by many cultures and movements - the native people of the Andes, the city of Cusco (Peru), the Jewish Autonomous Oblast (a Russian region bordering China), the shrine of Indian guru Meher Baba, and the international peace movement
M5Dm TIL Spielberg suggested Ron Howard (the director of Apollo 13) to use KC-135 - an airplane that could create 23 seconds of weightlessness for filming certain scenes. Those scenes were filmed in bursts of 25 seconds after flying 612 parabolas, adding up to a total of 3hrs 54mins of weightlessness.