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TIL In the 1970s, Mattel sold a doll called “Growing Up Skipper.” Her breasts grew when her arm was turned.

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9Y4g7 TIL New York City has the highest concentration of nesting Peregrine falcons in the world. The birds can soar over the city by taking advantage of updrafts from skyscrapers. Pigeons are widely available for food, which also negates their need to migrate.
BG0b TIL Mark Whalberg served 45 days for attempted murder after beating a middle-aged Vietnamese man unconscious while calling him “Vietnamese f*king sht”
DdRv TIL In India there is a prison where prisoners can come and go as they please. The prisoners can also hold jobs, one prisoner is even a school teacher.
5J1n TIL a priest imprisoned in Auschwitz for aiding Jews volunteered to die in a stranger’s place. He lived for 2 weeks without food or water before being given a lethal injection.
5YWxP TIL Jim Jones, the cult leader infamous for the mass suicide of Jonestown, was a racial integreationist and helped racially integrate various types of public places in Indianapolis in the 60s, and got a Humanitarian award for it.