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TIL: For decades the US Government experimented with radiation on unknowing citizens including disabled children.

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eavb TIL Christian Bale’s stepmother, Gloria Steinham, was a feminist who protested the 1991 publication of the novel, American Psycho, due to its portrayal of violence toward women. In 2000, Bale went on to star as the title character of the novel’s film adaption.
4XZN5 TIL Emmy winners don't actually get to keep the statuette and instead have to buy it for $400 if they choose.
grdab TIL Tonic water was initially marketed for its quinine (known to treat Malaria) but due to its bitter taste, British soldiers in India added Gin (which was rationed to them), thus creating the Gin and Tonic
R7nb9 TIL that painter Claude Monet had the lens of his eyes removed after developing cataracts. After the surgery, he started painting lilies that he had previously painted white before, as blue, leading to the idea that he could have been perceiving UV light, which most normal humans cannot.
VMRA4 TIL about Inky the Octopus's great escape from New Zealand's National Aquarium. One night he squished through a hole in the tank, slid across the floor and squeezed through a pipe into the ocean.