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TIL Standard Barbells don't even adhere to a standard

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40XN TIL that Nikon was accused of racist face-detection software - when Asian faces were photographed, a message would pop up on the camera screen asking, “Did someone blink?”
4kn1R Today I learned that Denmark has the largest 4th of July celebration outside of the United States
ed45 TIL that, during the 1960s, many black civil rights protesters from Detroit were ‘diagnosed’ with schizophrenia (due to their 'hostile’ and 'aggressive’ behavior) and confined to asylums. Some protesters were locked up for more than thirty years and died in custody
KOeoJ TIL that Ringo Starr from The Beatles makes and sells paitings made in MS Paint, for about $2000 dollars a piece. His painting have been shown in several art galleries, and the profits from purchasing one of them goes to a charity called The Lotus Foundation
awMp0 TIL that Clarins, the cosmetics company, gives away products to women undergoing chemotherapy treatments at Montreal hospitals through a special program.