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TIL that comic books were linked to juvenile delinquency and subjected to censorship

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69Br7 TIL that during the 1960-70s, the Danish government had doctors fit intrauterine devices (IUDs) into thousands of Greenlandic Inuit girls and women, without their knowledge or consent, as part of a program to control the indigenous birth rate in Greenland
Qda6 TIL: White wine can be made from red grapes. Red wine is just made by leaving the skin on them.
wKAM TIL Amazon warehouse workers walk between 7 and 15 miles each day as part of their daily shift
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