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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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R7Z11 TIL about Fay McKenzie whose movie career lasted 100 years. She was in a silent movie in 1918 as an infant and was in over 50 films ending with a cameo in 2018. She lived to be 101.
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kMB5 TIL that The Arab slave trade typically dealt in the sale of castrated male slaves. Black boys between the age of 8 and 12 had their scrotums and penises completely amputated to prevent them from reproducing. About six of every 10 boys bled to death during the procedure.