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TIL that under Chinese occupation (which killed 1.2 million people), the Tibetan language is banned in Tibet

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7rGJM TIL that child auctions were commonplace in Finland and Sweden up until the mid 1930's. The children involved were orphans or from extremely poor backgrounds and were sold to the lowest bidder. The children were provided with a home and education but were also expected to work in return.
xVb8D TIL Approximately 80 percent of current US astronauts wears eye correction (i.e. glasses or contact lenses). As long as the astronauts' vision is correctable to 20/20, they're allowed to fly
Av9d TIL even though he was a teenager during the Great Depression, John F. Kennedy confessed he really didn’t know about it until he read about it at Harvard.
0gZv TIL That when a stretched out slinky is dropped, the bottom stays still in mid air until the two ends meet (Skip to 16 seconds)
KOwBE TIL that tiny ocean plants called phytoplankton contribute 50 to 85 percent of the oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere.