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TIL Human sexuality is influenced by genetics

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DQXKp TIL there is a satirical political party in Germany called “Die Partie” that has pledged to build a wall around Switzerland and to rebuild the Berlin Wall. They received 900,000 votes in the 2019 EU elections
grnkA TIL there is an IQ floor (80 points) to serve in the US Armed Forces and this requirement was relaxed during the Vietnam war. These people died at 5 times the rate of other Americans in the war.
BxBL TIL in 1968 a school teacher divided her class by eye color to teach them about discrimination. The kids got discriminatory pretty quickly.
4XEEa TIL that the 1st moon landing, the Manson murders and the Woodstock festival all happened within the timespan of just one month (the Summer of 69) (cbsnews.com)
BggXW TIL in the 60s, Lady Bird Johnson persuaded her husband to steer a bill through Congress titled The Beautification Act of America. As a result from this law, the insulators, arresters, and transformers on electric poles were painted sky blue/grey.