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TIL that FEMA won’t pay to replace a washed out bridge after a storm unless you rebuild it to be exactly as vulnerable as it was when it got hit.

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BgRmL TIL studies suggest that from 1970 to 1976, the IHS (Indian Health Service) sterilized between 25-50% of Native American women of child-bearing age.
1arVO TIL: The name "Scotch Tape" was used as an insult to the inventor while he was inventing Masking Tape. 'Scotch' being derogatory slang for cheap or thrifty. He then went on to create Scotch Tape, and the name stuck.
Yp05B TIL In 1493, Columbus mistook manatees for mermaids and wrote “they are not so beautiful as they are said to be, for their faces had some masculine traits.“
neGg9 TIL A deep sea octopus brooded her eggs for 4.5 years
0B0y TIL In 2013, a woman got furious at Target for naming the color of her plus-size dress “Manatee gray” while the regular-size dress was called “dark heather gray”. Target changed the color name and issued an apology.