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TIL there is a tax payer funded educational center in Massachusetts that legally tortures autistic children into submission.

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NXGRP Today I Learned that almost all brands of modern e-cigarettes and vapes being sold are owned by the big tobacco manufacturers. Revenues from from these are increasing (10's of billions $), more than making up for lost sales of people giving up cigarettes.
NXrgN TIL that the inverted Latin cross often used today as an anti-Christian symbol originated from the death of Saint Peter, who, when sentenced to death, requested to be crucified upside-down as he believed that he was unworthy of being killed in the same way as Jesus Christ.
ZpP7o TIL Volunteers comprise 65% of firefighters in the United States. Of the total estimated 1,041,200 firefighters across the country, 676,900 are volunteer. Communities served by volunteer firefighters depend on them to be their first line of defense for many types of emergencies.
DKrr TIL that after dividing Poland with Nazi Germany, Joseph Stalin ordered the “liquidation” of the Polish officer corps in 1940, resulting in the mass execution of over 25,000 Poles in what came to be known as the Katyn Massacre.
LQpPp TIL When early talkie movies were being filmed, the microphones were all stationary. This meant actors were forced to move very little when speaking their lines. To compensate filmmakers used multi-camera setups which let them ‘move’ perspectives by switching shots.