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TIL that up until 1977 an IQ of 70 or lower meant that sterilization was appropriate in North Carolina

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LQW1d TIL that since 2009 Walt Disney World in Florida is officially twinned with Swindon in the UK. Disney executives did not actually visit Swindon but instead made their choice after watching a promotional video put together by a town resident containing similarities between Swindon and Disney studios.
vPO68 TIL: The 1981 movie, Roar, which used 71 lions and 26 tigers, most of whom were untrained, had as a result had the most dangerous filming production in film history with at least 70 out of the 140-person crew receiving injuries.
nWlkP Today I learned that the first proponent of modern anarchism, William Godwin, is also the father of Frankenstein author Mary Shelly.
gYjL TIL in 1992 the carrier Saratoga accidentally launched live missiles during a joint U.S - Turkish exercise, killing several Turkish naval officers.
MrvB TIL in the 1980s a man with severe OCD shot himself in the head in an attempt to commit suicide. Instead of killing him, the bullet destroyed the part of his brain that was responsible for his OCD, and he went on to become a straight-A college student five years later.