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TIL that in 1946 the U.S. Public Health Service infected 1,000 Guatemalan citizens with STD’s for experiments.

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LaBv TIL in 1996 the NBA fined Denver Nugget Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf over $30k per game for refusing to stand during the playing of the national anthem due to his personal religious beliefs
d8ORE TIL Martin Luther King Sr was also a civil rights activist who lived until 1984
Oojw4 TIL Early in life, Abraham Lincoln wrestled. When local gang leader Jack Armstrong heard of him, he challenged The Honest One to a match. It ended with Abe grabbing him by the throat, hoisting him up, giving a little shake, then throwing him to the dirt. It was the first chokeslam used in wrestling.
8PPV TIL during the Battle of Iwo Jima, Hospital Corpsman John Willis was treating a fallen Marine in a mortar crater when a grenade landed at his feet. He returned the grenade, followed by 7 others thrown by the enemy in rapid succession, all while administering blood plasma. The 9th grenade killed him.
1l8V TIL mail order shops sold nose hair trimmers cheaply to build lists of people too embarrassed to buy them in person, and therefore very likely to buy more embarrassing things via the mail.