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TIL 62,162 Americans were forcibly sterilized between 1907 and 1963 under eugenic legislation in the United States

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xVM8g TIL the U.S. government saved every public tweet from 2006 through 2017 Starting in 2018, the Library of Congress decided to only keep tweets on “a very selective basis,” including elections and those dealing with something of national interest, like public policy.
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