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TIL about the Emos vs Punks wars in Mexico and that the Hare Krishnas de-escalated the conflict.

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1a4eO TIL: Disabled children are currently being routinely tortured at the Judge Rottenberg Centre in Massachetts, and it's completely legal.
BXae TIL that the death toll of the Rwandan Genocide accounted as much as 20% of the country’s total population
5YrQ9 TIL that Ally's Law is legislation passed by several U.S. states that requires stores to allow people with certain medical conditions access to employee restrooms. It was named after a 14 year old girl with Crohn’s Disease who soiled herself in a mall after being denied access to a store restroom.
MeJbB TIL That the deepest underwater concert was performed at 303 m (994 ft) below sea level by Katie Melua and her band, on Statoil's Troll A gas rig, off the coast of Bergen, Norway, on 1 October 2006.
b9G1N TIL that in 1951 Matt Ingram was convicted of “reckless eyeballing,” the improper looking at a white person, with sexual intent, in North Carolina. His accuser testified that he had scared her when he looked at her from a distance of about 75 feet. Ingram spent two and half years in prison.