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TIL in 1927 the US Supreme Court ruled it constitutional for the government to forcefully sterilize mentally handicapped people

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BgWVK TIL The Marx Brothers radio show Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel about an unscrupulous lawyer was orginally called Beagle, Shyster, and Beagle. The title changed after Morris Beagle sued because he was receiving prank phone calls. In show, Groucho's character changed his name because he divorced.
rR06M TIL that in 1971, the shah of Iran threw a party costing about present day 516million $
xVkAo TIL It took mankind 50 years, 3 months and 26 days to advance from Wright's first manned flight to Gagarin's' first manned space flight. Today we are further in history from Gagarin's historic flight than he was from Wright's flight.
l7MgB TIL that the Roman emperor Claudius wrote a now lost book on the art of playing dice.
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