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TIL an Atlanta vegan couple was sentenced to life in prison for the death of their six-week-old malnourished baby boy starved to death, who was fed a limited diet of soy milk and apple juice.

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d4PQ TIL the original TRON movie didn’t win an academy award for best special effects because the academy said they “cheated” by using computers.
nZdd TIL that attempts were made to create a Human-Chimpanzee hybrid through artificial insemination of female chimpanzees in 1960s China. The experiment reportedly achieved pregnancy but was cut short by the Cultural Revolution.
YpbOG TIL: In 1946 the US Army commissioned a documentary called " Let There be Light " intended to teach the public about PTSD and the treatment of the veterans with the mental disability, the film after it's release was banned in the US until the 1980s.
E11Ko TIL: Quarts and Liters are almost exactly the same
8kYK TIL to save workers time for lunch on the new World Trade Center Building they installed a mobile Subway restaurant they moved up the building as they finished each floor.