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TIL about the medical "interventions," more accurately experiments on "prisoners" in British India for malaria, cholera, typhoid, & plague. In one incident, Muslim prisoners fasting for Ramadan were forcibly given weekly doses of quinine for malaria treatments.

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Bepx TIL France tried stop Amazon offer free shipping to its customers by fining them €1,000 per day. Amazon continued to pay the fines instead of ending its policy of offering free shipping. After law was created banning free shipping, Amazon effectively snubbed it by charging one cent for delivery.
wLVoE TIL that after 9/11, governments halted commercial shiping in much of the world, causing ocean noise levels to fall, resulting in reduced stress hormones in whales.
yVA4X TIL Tower of the Americas in Texas held the record as the US's tallest observation tower from 1968 until 1996 when it was surpassed by the Stratosphere Tower. When pouring concrete, the crew almost forgot to install a pipe insert so plumbing could reach the observation deck
dDmOZ TIL how human started to celebrate New Year. The earliest recorded festivities date back 4,000 years to ancient Babylon. Later Caesar instituted January 1st as the first day of the year to honor Janus, the Roman god of beginnings.
NX5XJ TIL that in 2021 The Republic of Turkey officially changed it's spelling to Türkiye