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TIL in 1976 The Indian Government castrated over 6.2 million poor men in the name of population control.

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W7xO4 TIL In 1991, moonfish jellyfish travelled into outer space on the Space Shuttle Columbia.The jellyfish multiplied in space. When they came back to Earth, the scientists discovered that the space-born jellyfish couldn't figure out how to deal with gravity.
JaRj TIL the white Bronco O.J. Simpson was driving in when he was captured is now available for rent for birthday parties and such.
xVrow TIL: The white man in this famous photo, Peter Norman is wearing the badge of Olympic Project for Human Rights, protesting racial injustice. He was later ostracized by the Olympic committee and his home country Australia to the point where he couldn't even get a job.
edeD TIL Killer whales go through menopause. In fact Killer whales, humans and short-finned pilot whales are the only known species to lose the ability to have children, but continue living for decades after.
WkQ4 TIL “pie à la mode” was named by a professor who went around to restaurants ordering it by that name