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TIL The day after Robin Williams’s suicide, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline fielded the greatest number of calls in its history.

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nmmd TIL an idiot is a stupid person with a mental age below 3 years, while a moron is a stupid person with a mental age of between 7 to 12.
gMGVX TIL at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics there was a "Savage Games" known as Anthropology Days staged. Native Americans and "ethnic tribesman" from many countries were shipped in to compete against each other with the purpose of displaying White superiority.
GAW04 TIL that the US military was concerned about the potential backlash from Catholics if Rome was bombed during WWII.
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