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TIL the United States sterilized over 60,000 people from 1907 to 1974 for being feeble-minded or an imbecile

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9Y6D TIL that there is a book sequel to Forrest Gump in which Forrest helps develop New Coke, crashes the Exxon Valdez, helps destroy the Berlin Wall, meets Tom Hanks, and fights in Operation Desert Storm with an orangutan named Sue
pYAEp TIL that the gentoo penguin is capable to reach speeds up to 36 km/h, making him the fastest underwater swimmers of all penguins.
OGDWR TIL Hawaii is the only state in the United States that is free of rabies
gwoA TIL MIT engineers created a wearable vest that hooks to and e-book and can change the lighting, sound, temperature, chest tightness, and heart of the reader so they can experience what the character in the book is feeling.
VBQJZ TIL: The acronym for the Navy's 'United States Fleet' was CINCUS (pronounced "sink us")