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TIL that giving a newborn baby water can make the baby sick

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R5rNw TIL: the Judge Rotenberg Center, an institution in Massachusetts for those with developmental disabilities and autism, has been condemned for torture by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture
D1blY TIL that during the 50s til 70s the UK Foreign Office had a program of destroying or hiding files from its ex-colonies, as they gained independence, if they that could embarrass the UK government. This happened in over 20 countries and included documents pertaining to torture and racial biases.
4wL6 TIL the top speed of the Bugatti Veyron is limited not by the engine, but rather its tires exploding.
R5gM4 TIL of Charles Hatfield “The Rainmaker” who made a fortune through contracts with cities in the early 20th century to make it rain. He was sued as the reason for the devastating flood of San Diego in 1916
R7DA1 TIL The term pizza was first recorded in the 10th century in a Latin manuscript from the Southern Italian town of Gaeta, several hundred years before tomatoes arrived in Italy.