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TIL President Harry S. Truman’s administration purposely infected the people of Guatemala with syphilis after WW2.

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4XvnX TIL Of William A. Jackson, a former slave of Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederates, who regularly watched meetings between Davis and Confederate officials. He escaped in 1861 and went north, giving the union much info about Confederate military deployments and planning.
MevxV TIL that Leonardo DiCaprio wasn't supposed to eat a raw bison liver during the shooting of "The Revenant." The idea was to eat a red, gelatinous pancake, but because it didn't resemble the real thing, the vegetarian decided to eat the raw liver. He later stated that he won't repeat that ever again.
nNKG TIL that one of the first albums to have a parental advisory sticker was Frank Zappa’s ‘Jazz From Hell’ in 1986. The album is completely instrumental.
p8gE4 TIL Janet Jackson was banned from MTV, VH1, and the Grammy's when Justin Timberlake tore her top on stage, but he was not.
JmM4 TIL the Stanley Cup has been awarded 109 times, but only 5 times to a non-Canadian Captain