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TIL in 1947 the US government simulated a biological warfare attack by spraying bacteria on the entire city of San Francisco without informing the residents or obtaining consent, in violation of The Nuremberg Code.

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RR7a TIL that, despite White Castle being founded in Wichita, Kansas, there are no White Castles in the entire state of Kansas.
kOdD1 TIL Canadians pronounce the letter Z "zed." Moreover, I come to find out Americans are the ONLY ones who pronounce it like "zee."
QJ9G6 TIL the Greyheaded Albatross makes elevated nests and in recent decades more Antarctic storms plus higher winds are blowing chicks off the nest. Parents won't recognize it and let it die unless it can manage to get back inside. It is extremely endangered
DjyJ TIL Robert Moses, who developed much of New York City, deliberately built overpasses that couldn’t accommodate city buses in order to keep poor minorities from being able to access his beach developments.
4XEJw TIL the acceptance rate of Harvard (5.6%) is twice that of Walmart jobs (2.6%)