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TIL in 2012 a white power rally in North Carolina was overwhelmed by counter-protestors dressed as clowns throwing white flour and holding "wife power" signs

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66ll TIL More than 90% of people with developmental disabilities will experience some form of sexual abuse at some time in their lives. 49% will experience 10 or more abusive incidents
4X98g TIL of the Warren Harding Effect - when we make unconscious assumptions about a person or people and hang on to them even when presented with evidence to the contrary. In the early 1920s, Warren Harding looked so presidential that voters were fooled into thinking he’d make a good president.
l08B TIL there is a town in Japan where deceased or otherwise departed people have been slowly replaced by dolls - over the last 10 years, the doll population has grown to 350, now outnumbering humans 10 to 1, populating empty schools, sidewalks and more
kJk6B TIL of US Congressman Francis E. Walter, who during WW2 decided to present President Roosevelt with a letter-opener made from a bone in the arm of a Japanese soldier
loQgV TIL the sound mourning doves make while flying when startled is NOT a vocalization, but a "wing whistle" that is a natural alarm system to alert other birds to potential predators