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TIL Everybody is allowed to do the Māori Haka dance, but only if done with respect.

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b6pAj TIL: Jimmy Carter created the "Mental Health Systems Act of 1980" to establish Mental Health facilities in communities across America. It was promptly repealed in 1981 by incoming president Reagan.
LQY70 TIL about the Industrial Workers of the World. A labor movement that was crushed early on for being too radical
y49e TIL that Coke Zero is specifically marketed toward men, who were shown to associate Diet Coke with femininity.
5YeoP TIL in 1896 the coroner who over saw the death of the first person by automobile stated in court "I hope that this never happens again." It's estimated that over 7 million automobile deaths have happened since then.
wowB8 TIL John von Neumann regularly recalled complete novels and pages of the phone directory. He could divide two 8-digit numbers in his head and converse in Ancient Greek at age 6, and was proficient in calculus at age 8. When he enrolled in university at 16, he had already written a research paper.