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TIL a high school student posted a photo of dirty water coming from her school's bathroom sink online, a problem administrators had long ignored. The social media backlash caused the school to send a plumber out "right away," but she got a 3-day suspension for "inappropriate use of electronics."

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neXar TIL that X-Men writer Chris Claremont intended the character Destiny to be the lover of Mystique, a shape shifter, and had originally intended for Destiny and Mystique to be Nightcrawler's biological parents, with Mystique taking the form of a man for the conception
NXnLJ TIL that towards the end of WW2, malingerer's guides on to how to appear ill, disguised as boxes of matches, were distributed among British troops in Italy. This with the intent to discourage the soldiers in risking their lives on the battlefield, find a reason to don't fight, without be dishonoured
698yW TIL that the county where Walt Disney World is located was originally called Mosquito County
9YPwm TIL In the 18th century many prominent voices were concerned by an 'epidemic' affecting young people whereby they were spending too much time reading books. It was diagnosed as 'a dangerous disease' called 'reading rage, reading fever, reading mania or reading lust.'
rNG5x TIL In 1794, a doctor in Virginia performed a successful Caesarean section on his own wife.