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TIL Up until the 1970s the US Government used forced sterilization on Native American women

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NXPv8 TIL in 2010, a fully functioning Narco sub was found in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Made of fiberglass and kevlar, it could carry 10 tons of cocaine, 5 people, and had air-conditioning on board.
LkB4v TIL Thomas Paine introduced the concept of a guaranteed minimum income in 1795. [Government must] create a national fund, out of which there shall be paid to every person, when arrived at the age of twenty-one years, the sum of fifteen pounds sterling.
kO5gB TIL American Beauty actor, Thora Birch's, parents are former porn stars who both appeared in the iconic adult film Deep Throat. They also serve as her business managers.
e0ZgL TIL The false rumor of Joseph Kennedy being a bootlegger didn’t surface until the late 1960s when conspiracy theorists were looking for reasons why organized crime may have played a role in the assassination of JFK.
M7eo7 TIL about the Assassin's teapot, a two chamber teapot originating from China that was used to poison enemies by dispensing different types of liquid depending on which hole is covered.