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TIL that between 1996 and 2000, Peru’s government forcibly sterilised around 300,000 mostly Indigenous women under a population control program—many without informed consent or medical justification.

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9ZlD TIL there is a full McBain mini-movie hidden throughout Simpsons epsiodes
6E6EW TIL that "right-wing" and "left-wing" labels originated from the French Revolution, in which anti-royalists sat on the left of the French National Assembly hall and pro-royalty sat on the right.
5YKoR TIL that Greenland Has a Grand Canyon Beneath Its Ice, Carved by Ancient Floods, where Ancient topography lurks beneath the white expanse.
AD0Q4 TIL that in 1985, Aretha Franklin’s voice was legally declared one of Michigan’s natural resources.
ewQ4 TIL that Calvin Graham enlisted in the Navy in 1942 at age 12. He shipped out and became the youngest decorated veteran, earning the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. His mom saw him in a newsreel and notified the Navy who then threw him in the brig, stripped him of his medals and revoked his benefits.