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TIL that the US conducted experiments on their own troops by race back in WW2

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R7yyw TIL of the White House Peace Vigil a 24-hour a day anti-nuclear weapons peace vigil started by William Thomas in 1981. Thomas believed it to be the longest running uninterrupted anti-war protest in U.S. history
dewB TIL That despite rumors and debate Michael Jackson actually did voice Mental Patient Leon Kompowksi in The Simpsons. He is credited under a pseudonym.
ep6Lk TIL in 208 AD the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus died in what is today York while attempting to conquer Scotland.
p84xN TIL that in Ancient Egypt, the pharaoh alongside the general public would gather around to masturbate into the Nile river as a ritual ceremony to promote river fertility.
p8mxb TIL Bees have brains capable of performing basic maths. They have an understanding of the concept of zero and do basic addition and subtraction. They also have the ability to remember human faces they have seen before.