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TIL that during the civil rights movement, interracial adoptions tripled in number until the National Association of Black Social Workers condemned it, leading to interracial adoption of black children coming to a complete stop in the 1990’s.

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R7L86 TIL: The British nuclear fuel processing plant Sellafield is so contaminated that pigeons that roosted there and pooped in someone's garden, polluted the garden so much the garden had to be dug up and treated as nuclear waste.
MeZ0m TIL talking aloud can be a sign of high cognitive function and it is a practice of many high performance people (including professional athletes)
XdZr TIL “Esprit d'escalier” (literally, staircase wit) is a French term used in English to denote the tendency to think of a witty reply when it is too late, for example when taking the stairs on leaving the scene of a confrontation.
RNR1 TIL that Connecticut teacher Julie Amero faced 40 years in prison after her spyware-infected computer displayed pornographic popups to her class. Her conviction was ultimately thrown out but she was still forced to forfeit her teaching credentials.