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TIL Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of JFK, brought lobotomized Rosemary to home. She also advocated intellectual dissability right, disclosed Rosmary's struggle, and founded Special Olympics

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DJGP TIL The Railroad Commission of Texas regulates the oil and gas industry, pipeline safety, the coal and mining industry, but NOT railroads.
MeKGm TIL that in 1885 Chief Sitting Bull spent four months playing himself in reconstructions of Custer’s Last Stand for Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. Historians are divided as to whether he cursed the audiences in the Lakota language during his performance.
XEMbj TIL One of the most popular national daily newspapers in Japan circulated an entirely recyclable newspaper. It had plant seeds embedded in the news print. After reading, you could plant the newspaper directly into soil and it would grow.
b6lQ0 TIL when Brits say they are getting "a curry", it just refers to any dish originally from India (or surrounding countries), and is not necessarily food spiced with curry.
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