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TIL that the U.N. has appointed an official ambassador of earth to greet ETs in case of contact

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VBQZ8 TIL In 1982 a game called “Custer’s Revenge” was released for the Atari 2600. The aim was to have sex with a Native American woman tied to a stake
GYgP4 TIL that when teens are taught that people have the potential to change their socially relevant traits over time, they tend to cope better with social stress, and end up earning better grades in school.
LLP9 TIL King Gustav III of Sweden commissioned an experiment to prove coffee was poisonous. Overseen by two doctors, a prisoner was forced to drink three pots of coffee a day until he died. Both doctors and the King died before the prisoner.
xVAAB TIL the US has the highest critical care hospital beds per capita, by a wide margin
nKBG TIL that in the United States average wages haven’t grown since 1964 (adjusted for inflation)