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

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Z8b7v TIL that Metallic Hydrogen will propel explorers to the outer planets, and create superconducting electrical grids.
nRdB TIL at a ‘The Who’ concert in 1969, a man rushed the stage and tried to take the microphone. Roger Daltrey punched him in the face, and Pete Townshend kicked him in the crotch. The man was actually a plain-clothes policeman trying to warn of a large fire next door. Townshend was later arrested
WnbL TIL of the 71 million dollar word. Due to a hospital not using a professional translator they misinterpreted the word “intoxicado” which led to improper treatment leading to the patient becoming a quadriplegic and winning a lawsuit to the tune of 71 million dollars.
GApB5 TIL that “RIP” stands for a Latin phrase, not “rest in peace”
0MkA TIL that GOD killed over 2,800,000 in the bible. Satan killed 10.