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TIL that from 1946 to 1948, nearly 700 Guatemalans were deliberately infected by American doctors to study the effects of venereal disease. The US didn’t formally acknowledge the study or apologize till 2010.

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jNj5R TIL That more than 165 journalists were murdered in Russia since 1993, with 20 deaths alone in 2002.
ne7W TIL Nintendo offered to send gloves to the owners of Mario Party back in 2000 over children suffering from cuts, punctures, and blisters from the N64’s joystick.
5Y1rB TIL that in the 2012 Kuwait athletics event, The technicians accidentally played the Borat version of the Kazakh national anthem during the medal ceremony of the Kazakhstan winner.
0wPKA TIL That every able-bodied US male aged 17-45 are part of the Militia by US Code of Laws.
GJXE TIL Grace Hopper was the developer of the first compiler for a programming language. She also invented the saying, “It’s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.”