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TIL: Disabled people are still being subjected to shock therapy torture in the United States in Mass

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9AXr TIL that Planet Aid takes your clothing donations and sells them directly to overseas companies. They do not donate any items for free.
9E7m TIL that Oreo O’s were discontinued entirely in 2014 after the last company making them in South Korea intentionally contaminated them with E. coli.
x6v0w TIL that the Illuminati existed but had no enduring influence on world politics
5YWar TIL that Coca-Cola used to have a small amount of cocaine in it. It was added there for “medicinal purposes” and was the “Coca” in “Coca-Cola”. The “Cola” in it’s name was named after the kola nuts in the drink.
e0xKD TIL that in 1982 Jim Rice saved a 4 year old boys life. The boy was hit in the face by a foul ball and Rice knew it would take several minutes for the ballparks EMS to get to the boy. He immediately sprinted into the stands, picked up the boy, and ran him into the dugout to the team doctor.