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TIL of cable car racing, also called spindizzy's capable of reaching speeds of 155mph+

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6d8W TIL after the Nazi concentration camps were liberated, homosexuals still weren’t considered victims and were explicitly excluded from reparations.
1axZ8 TIL that responding with compassion in the current crises is key because it can help reduce stress and anxiety, and keep our hearts open towards both ourselves and others (Gilbert & Choden, 2014; Hall et al., 2013; Weng et al., 2013).
XAZP TIL that the president of Uruguay is the poorest in the world because he donates 90% of his salary to charity. He only keeps $1250 a month.
w0jo TIL Nobody was burned at the stake during the Salem Witch Trials. Most people convicted of witchcraft were hanged and one man was crushed with stones.
e7B6 TIL that Peter Popoff, a popular televangelist was caught using a wireless ear piece in which his wife would tell him information about the person he was “healing” in order to create the illusion that he was really healing people. He was exposed by James Randi in 1987 and has since been bankrupt.