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TIL that when Koko the gorilla met William Shatner, she grabbed him by the balls.

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RWR8 TIL that beginning in the 1940s through the 1960s, the Quebec government collaborated with the Catholic Church to falsely certify 20,000 “orphaned” children as mentally ill and confine them to psychiatric institutions. The orphans were then subjected to medical experimentation and sexual abuse.
aBOA TIL Adrian Schoolcraft, and NYPD officer, was arrested, involuntarily committed to a psychiatric facility, and fired in 2006 for exposing corruption in NYPD
9wvDB TIL of the single tax movement (aka geoism or georgism), an economic ideology where that the government should be funded by a tax on land rent rather than taxes on labor
6DVW TIL fist bumps have been scientifically proven to be a safer and more hygienic greeting than handshakes and high-fives
X0BwE TIL that lions are native to India and that the last ones in Asia are found in Gir national park