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TIL Nunavut has the lowest graduation rate in Canada and a student from Qikiqtarjuaq became the first high schooler to graduate in four years in 2016

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J7Kj TIL that 35mm porn films from the 70’s are being remastered in HD and released on blu ray.
AbY7 TIL that scientist (Dr. Robert G. Heath) at Tulane University discovered the “pleasure centers” of the brain by zapping it with electricity in the 1950s, giving a woman a 30-minute orgasm.
oBaVW TIL the very first Veterans of Foreign Wars post, VFW Post 1, is located in Denver.
Mjmb TIL the story that NASA spent $1 million on a space pen while the soviets simply used a pencil is false. The pen was developed by a private company without any taxpayer dollars and NASA simply became a client afterwards.
k6B7 TIL in certain public toilets (concert halls, bars) the light is sometimes blue to make veins harder to see. This way drug users can’t inject themselves