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TIL During 2022, over 10,000 fireworks-related injuries were recorded in US hospital emergency departments.

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76Ax TIL the Treaty of Peace and Friendship made between the US and Morocco in 1786 is the longest unbroken treaty relationship in U.S. history
jw0j TIL: The Pirate Bay once tried to purchase their own island in an attempt to create their own country without any copyright laws.
n5ld TIL in 2013 The Wall Street Journal discovered a cache of files that revealed the U.S. government lobotomized over 2000 veterans against their will after WW2. The veterans were lobotomized for reasons such as PTSD, depression, schizophrenia, and occasionally homosexuality.
yy18 TIL that Nazi eugenics programs had their start in the United States, with research funded by wealthy industrial leaders. A 1912 Carnegie Institute report even recommended the use of gas chambers as a solution to the problem of cleansing society of the poor, non-white, and mentally ill.
5YWdp TIL the Pekingese dogs were considered sacred in China, owned only by royals, and commoners were required to bow to them. They also acted as guard dogs: the emperor would carry them around hidden inside his long sleeves