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TIL in 2010 a New York Valedictorian gave her graduation speech condemning the American education system for its “brainwashing” and lack of depth.

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oBWwA TIL Flexitarianism / Semi-Vegitarianism is a movement trying to encourage people to eat more plant based diets without going strict anti-meat etc.
JYjl4 TIL The amusement park 6 flags is named so because it originated in Texas, which has had 6 flags fly over it (Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, Confederate States of America, and the United States)
78rAx TIL that Australian hackers targeted NASA in 1989 with one of the first computer worms, and arguably the first ever instances of "hacktivisim" with the "Worms Against Nuclear Killers" (or WANK) worm.
9YjkM TIL Texas Chainsaw Massacre was based on a true story of ed gein, he would dig up bodies from graves and would make furniture out of their skin and would make anything out of their body parts.
VyGp TIL the solar system is moving through the Local Interstellar Cloud, proving that you are never in the same spot more than once on a cosmic scale.