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

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xVnMD TIL that when Ronald E. Rosser lost one of his brothers in Korea, he enlisted to get revenge and would end up earning the Medal of Honor. When another brother was killed in Vietnam, he once again volunteered to fight but was turned down.
epw9n TIL The Ancient Romans had a goddess for fever whom they worshipped for protection against malaria
VBnJD TIL that pyrite, called "fool's gold," really can be found with or mixed together with real gold.
p8n98 TIL Paro Airport in Bhutan is so dangerous that only eight pilots are qualified enough to land there. (Pilots maneuver between mountains, fly within feet of houses, and land on a narrow, 6,500-foot runway.)
wnwJ TIL A man apprehended a drunken police officer and locked him in the back of his own vehicle.