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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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JpN4 TIL they used pre-recorded samples for the sound of rowing in the Olympics since the real sound would have been drowned out by the chase boat and helicopter
QNyP9 TIL that until the early 1920s, most astronomers thought that the Milky Way contained all the stars in the Universe
kOdW TIL citizens of a small NY town forced McDonalds to renovate (instead of tearing down) the ~200-year-old Georgian mansion it purchased, resulting in a uniquely historic franchise location
Oo6oY TIL that Nintendo's Mario takes his name from Mario Segale, the landlord of Nintendo's American Headquarters in Seattle. After coming into the warehouse to berate Minoru Arakawa for late rent, the game developers changed the name of their main character from "Jumpman" to Mario.
Bxpb TIL: Australia committed genocide against the Aboriginal, native people from 1910-1970 in an effort to create a “white Australia.”