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TIL that a man that died helping people in 9/11 was accused of being involved in the attack because he was muslim

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loDlK TIL that the comedy "The Country Wife" written in 1675 was banned in Britain for 175 years for being too sexually vulgar. The main character, Harry Horner, claims to be impotent to sell "china" to the wives of upper-class Londoners. At the time, "china" was a popular euphemism for sperm.
XEAxQ TIL A mouse utopia experiment with unlimited food and water caused them to not breed, or carry pregnancies to term, violent tendencies, and isolation. The ones who isolated themselves avoided the violence but lost all social skills and stopped breeding all together.
awVRN TIL an attempted assassin armed with two pistols had them both misfire and the very not assassinated President Andrew Jackson beat him with a cane
oB6ZW TIL the "Sharona" of the Knacks' "My Sharona" is now a real estate agent. Upon entering her homepage (mysharona.com) the song plays.
VMBlD TIL that during the late 80s and early 90s the concept of superpredators supported laws that put thousands of underaged offenders in life in prison. They're being released as research and experience shows that recidivism is rare and they can be rehabilitated.