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TIL that after introducing optional screening in 2000, Iceland has virtually eliminated Down's syndrome in newborns

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1aXP4 TIL three Israeli brothers—Ramy, Muzher, and Shadde Badir—managed to set up an extensive phone and computer fraud scheme in Israel in the 1990s, despite all of them being born blind.
N7QQP TIL that while the United States Supreme Court hear only about 70 cases a year, the Indian Supreme Court hear up to 700 legal matters in a single day.
Lke9P TIL journalist Ida B. Wells boldly wrote about the evils of lynching in 1892 that "a Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home, and it should be used for that protection which the law refuses to give."
mx64E TIL Loretta Lynn's Song "Coal Miner's Daughter" is 100% a true story. The song describes her dad working all night in the coal mine and hoeing corn all day. Her father really was "a coal miner and subsistence farmer," and she really was born in Butcher Hollow, KY.
OXvY TIL that the new Wonder Woman, Gal Gadot, did all of her own stunts in the Fast and Furious movies, and was casted at least in part because she served as a combat instructor throughout her two-year service in the Israeli Defense Forces, and director Justin Lin wanted to use her knowledge of weapons.