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TIL about the Minnesota project. In WWII 36 conscientious objectors semi-starved to gain insights into its effects

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VMeg4 TIL that in 1987, Guns n Rose’s Axl Rose slept with drummer Steve Adler’s girlfriend, recorded it, and added it into their hit song, Rocket Queen
Zp0pB Today I learned Saint Patrick of Ireland is also considered a saint within the Orthodox Church because he lived before the Great Schsim of 1054 between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
jNJav TIL that, between 1907 and 1922, American-born women who married non-citizens automatically lost American citizenship. In 1917, hundreds of American women who had married German men were forced to register with the government as 'enemy aliens'.