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TIL Sweden is so good at recycling that they need to import trash to keep their plants going

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ep5oE TIL that in May 1969, California’s National Guard was called in to violently clear protesters at UC Berkeley’s People’s Park, resulting in bloodshed and a governor who said “If it takes a bloodbath, let’s get it over with.”
mArp TIL The Jay Treaty, signed in 1794, provides that American Indians may travel freely across the Canadian-US border. Native Indians born in Canada are entitled to freely enter the United States for the purpose of employment, study, retirement, investing, and/or immigration.
nWXrG TIL: Secretariat was given the rare honor of being buried whole - normally, just the head, heart, and hooves are laid to rest.
JWDQ TIL that in the immediate aftermath of the Kent State shootings. Only 11% of the country blamed the national guard for the death. 58% blamed the students and 31% of those polled were indifferent.
Br9wD TIL: Frederick Douglass had a “growlery” where he retreated to to think deeply, write, reflect, and growl.