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TIL Dorothea Lange, famous depression era photographer, documented the internment of Japanese-Americans in 1942. The unflattering photos were quietly deposited into the National Archives, where they remained largely unseen until 2006.

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16XQW TIL that the slingshot (catapult in the UK) was only invented in the mid-1800s, as it relies on strong elastic materials that didn’t exist before that time.
YpB4d TIL Sierra Leone is one of the worlds most religiously tolerant nations, they are celebrating both christian and Muslim holidays, vote for candidates with no regard for their religious alignment. Christian and Muslim leaders meet in a Inter-Religious Council to promote understanding and tolerance.
b6QEE TIL a teenager died while playing Run It Straight, a game branded as “the world’s fiercest, new collision sport.” It entails 2 people with no protective gear (a ball carrier & a tackler) sprinting directly towards each other creating a high-impact collision that's over 5x the force of a rugby tackle
5YE4k TIL of the chariot race sequence in Ben-Hur (1959): the set was the largest ever built at the time and took over a year and thousands of workers to build; the director's son, a stuntman, almost died; the extras rioted on camera; and the cars filming the race were slower than the horses
6EgMY TIL that Princess Pauline von Metternich and Countess Anastasia Kielmannsegg fought a topless duel with swords in August 1892 after arguing about flower arrangements. Baroness Lubinska, who had a medical degree, insisted they fight topless so clothing couldn’t get into a wound and cause sepsis.