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TIL of "Project Prevention", a program which pays drug addicts $300 to sterilize themselves. It was begun by a woman who adopted 8 children from drug-addicted mothers.

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9wLYX TIL The flower that takes the longest to bloom is a rare species of giant bromeliad, Puya raimondii, native to the mountains of Bolivia. On average it takes between 80-150 years to bloom, though one specimen planted by UC Berkeley only took 28 years to bloom.
R7AD7 TIL: in a bid to get people to stop drinking during Prohibition, the US government deliberately poisoned alcohol resulting more than 10,000 deaths across the country
kOlDm TIL the Kent State shootings in 1970 were the impetus for the band Devo to form, and 3 of their 6 original members were Kent State students at the time of the shootings.
MeOO7 TIL - Classic Yellow Mustard is one of (If not) the healthiest condiment in the world.
xVdQo TIL laws restricting Chinese people to merchant visas made many Chinese restaurants in the U.S. These visas were only for fancy shops and the person had to run it for a year. Some groups used all their cash to open a nice restaurant and then switch who ran it each year so that they'd all get visas.