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TIL Supper isn't a folksy word for dinner but a 4th meal.

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DdVe TIL that from 1934 to 1976, Sweden forcibly sterilized over 62,000 people, mostly ethnic minorities such as Gypsies, as well as rebellious young people.
AMQ7 TIL gender studies expert Dr. Warren Farrell said that after moving from the women’s movement to the men’s movement, he went from making $500,000/yr to going $70,000 into debt.
oBBn7 TIL The New York Times has continually updated the same 2009 article detailing how mass shooters got their guns and what they used
WkpGN TIL: George Lucas traded 2.5% of "Star Wars" ticket sales with Steven Spielberg for 2.5 % of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" sales. Lucas did this because he was not sure that Star Wars would be profitable. Spielberg ended up making $40 Million from Star Wars.
grLN9 TIL: There are highly controversial "human challenge" trials where volunteers are deliberately infected with deadly parasites, bacteria, and diseases. It was taboo for decades due to past studies in the 1940s. Now, there are more human challenge trials as it is faster than safer methods.