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TIL Bayer used slave labor and tested drugs on prisoners in Auschwitz

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nWn7G TIL that while filming The Exorcist, Linda Blair was rigged to a mechanical bed that shook her so violently she fractured her spine. The shot was used in the final film, and her screams of pain were real.
x6ARb TIL that there are 15 different plug styles.
D1gkY TIL that in 1981 the Pentagon spent $6 million trying to determine whether or not burning a photograph of a Soviet missile would destroy the actual missile
65dZ TIL that on July 2, 2013 the United States repealed a law that prohibited the government from paying to distribute propaganda.
Meljb TIL in 2014 and 2019 an environmental group, the Center for Biological Diversity, wanted to introduce grizzly bears into Arizona, including Grand Canyon. The reintroduction of grizzly bears to the greater Southwest would’ve helped control prey population and sustain the health of deer and elk herds.