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

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BrXye TIL In the 17th and 18th centuries, a sin-eater would eat your sins for a tiny fee. For believers, each time the sin-eater did his job, he literally becomes a bit more evil.
xVPpD Today I learned that Bryan Ware created the Crayon Initiative that collects used crayons from restaurants and melts them down to make new crayons for children's hospitals.
KYQM9 TIL that Grizzly bears in Yellowstone help manufacturers to test if their products are really bear-resistant. If a bear were able to get in a container within that 60 minutes, then the manufacturer would have to go back to the drawing board.
jNeWQ TIL about Sue Finley, who at 80 is the longest-serving female employee at NASA. She has had a role in nearly every US unmanned space probe, and some missions of other nations.
kJ8A7 TIL Jimmy Carter doesn't qualify for federal health benefits because he only worked for the government for 4 years not the required 5