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TIL the IDEA act and other laws for accommodating and integrating disabled children at public schools are a direct result of racial integration precedents set by the Civil Rights Movement.

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VMBd8 TIL that Apollo 11 could've flown from N.Y to L.A in under 6 minutes
GRy1 TIL in 1968 a US Army Batallion raped, maimed, and killed over 350 unarmed Vietnamese civilians, mostly women and children. Of the 26 soldiers charged, only one was convicted and only served 3.5 years in house arrest.
bLJ7 TIL that the world record for the largest number ever counted to belongs to Jeremy Harper. He streamed the entire process online , and raised money for charity. He reached 1,000,000. It took him 3 months.
BXbe TIL that Canada is the only non-European member of the European Space Agency.
v1wR8 TIL the real name of Shaggy from the Scooby-Doo series is Norville Rogers