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TIL 53% of Indian children are sexually abused

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XjYE TIL in 2003, the US sugar industry lobbied congress to block a WHO report which would set guidelines for sugar intake at 10% of daily calories. Congress blocked the report by threatening to cut all WHO funding if it was released, & backed the industry’s sugar intake recommendation of 25% daily.
ANP0o TIL that Europa has an ocean of water underneath a shell of ice that is fifteen miles thick.
gMjjb TIL the Church of Scientology have argued in court several times that their policy of intimidation and harassment of "enemies of Scientology" should be considered a Constitutionally-protected "core practice" of Scientology
v1lpR TIL that the Stars On 45 medley I remember from the 80s didn’t include the real Beatles, but a bunch of re-recorded versions with Dutch impersonators, and therefore got around any rights issues.
x6lxB TIL General Motors created an electric car in the 90s to comply with California clean air regulations, after it proved far more popular than expected they shut down the program and against the protests of their customers reclaimed all the existing EVs and crushed them and buried them in the desert.