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TIL that Rosemary Kennedy, JFK’s sister, was given a lobotomy at age 23. The family feared she would disgrace their reputation.

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EBjP TIL French WWI infantry went into a disastrous battle baa'ing like sheep- they knew they were being sent to the slaughter.
eOJg TIL: The President of Belarus introduced a new law in 2014 that prohibits collective farm workers from leaving their jobs willingly. He later admitted that the law is very much like medieval serfdom.
mx4Ax TIL about the culture of suicides on the Golden Gate Bridge; in a study of survivors--after 26 years--over 90% polled were still alive or had died of natural causes; nearly every survivor says they regretted jumping immediately
PYvDw TIL there are tons of Arborglyphs (carvings on live trees) spread throughout the Western United States. They were made by Basque Sheepherders from the mid-1800's through the 1970's.
woO1 TIL that rejected fruit flies use alcohol to cope.