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TIL there are individuals actively advocating against cochlear implant surgery. They consider the possibility of curing deafness a form of "ethnic" genocide as such an event would lead to the destruction of a unique population of people with a linguistic culture onto themselves.

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pxAp TIL Tesla once paid an overdue hotel bill with a model of his “death beam”, warning hotel staff to never open it. After his death in 1943 the box was pried open and found to contain nothing but harmless old electrical components.
XwWQ TIL ‘The Earth Pyramid Project’, is a project that plans to erect a pyramid in an as-yet-undecided location. It will hold contributions from every government, indigenous peoples, and all the world’s children in chambers within the structure. Then the Pyramid will be sealed for 1000 years.
ANmEg TIL in 1880s Helena, Montana, prostitution was the largest employer of women. By 1886, 52 women worked in the trade. Wealthy madams, like Josephine “Chicago Joe” Hensley, owned downtown property, a saloon, a theater, and even started a mortgage company.
ADeLx TIL that during development of the first anime, the author of Fullmetal Alchemist, Hiromu Arakawa, allowed the anime staff to work independently from her and requested a different ending from the manga. She was amazed by the staff’s interpretations of the villains and homunculi.
GAQW7 TIL that the Glen Campbell song, "I'm Not Gonna Miss You", was about his future after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's. It ended up being the last song he recorded.