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TIL that in 2021, a DC court said the FDA didn't have the authority to prevent Judge Rotenberg Educational Center from using electroshock torture against disabled children

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pgpQ TIL when a factory worker from Wonka was asked about the production of Nerds candy, he said “Basically we start off with a sugar crystal and we just keep coating it with more sugar.”
a88R9 TIL Wyoming was the first U.S. State with a female governor, but has not elected a woman since.
lwAB TIL that Richard Feynman wrote a letter to his wife 16 months after her tragic death from tuberculosis at age 25. The letter remained unopened until his death in 1988.
nRlr TIL in 1973 two men were stranded 1,575 feet below the ocean when their submarine buoyancy tank inadvertently flooded. They were rescued after 76 hours with only 12 minutes of air remaining. It was the deepest underwater rescue mission in history.
6EjnZ TIL Owen Wilson attempted suicide in 2007 causing him to drop out from his role in the movie Tropic Thunder.