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TIL: Since 1990- South Dakota has celebrated Native American Day instead of Columbus Day

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VMkyG TIL according to research, there are four types of drunks: the Hemmingway, whose personality doesn't change a bit, the Mary Poppins, those who gets sweeter and happier, the Nutty Professor, who becomes more social, and the Mr. Hyde, who becomes more hostile and less responsible around booze.
kOxRd TIL of 15 yo Mary Vincent, who in the 70's hitched a ride with a stranger. She was then brutally assaulted in the van, had both of her arms chopped off, and was then thrown over a cliff to die. She miraculously survived and later faced her attacker in court.
n7Yo TIL In 1979, a number of people in Sweden called in sick with a case of being homosexual, in protest of homosexuality being classified as an illness
m1lEE TIL If a nuclear missile is shot down mid air, it WON'T cause a nuclear explosion in the air. It's because the detonation of a nuclear bomb requires a precise orchestration of events, without which the chain reaction does not initiate, thereby preventing the explosion.
yQ4Mw TIL African gray parrots will help other members of their species in need, the first time such charitable behavior has been documented among birds.