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TIL a Canadian province had a “Sexual Sterilization Act” from 1928-1972. Almost 3000 sterilizations were performed on minorities and women who were deemed “mentally defective.” In 1995 a sterilized women was awarded almost $1 million for her humiliation at being wrongfully labeled as a moron.

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xVmDb TIL that since 2009, more people moved to Mexico from the US than moved to the US from Mexico.
G8LJ TIL that the “collapsed dorsal fin” you see on killer whales in aquatic theme parks like SeaWorld is usually a consequence of captivity.
6NmJ TIL Adwaita, the turtle, was born before Mozart, before the French Revolution, and his death was announced by CNN. His estimated age was just over 250 years. He died in 2006
Xenr TIL the first extermination camp was created by the Germans to kill Africans in 1904. Had nothing to do with Jews or Nazis.
nm9W TIL the spikes at the end of a dinosaur’s tail is called the thagomizer, a term coined by Gary Larson in a 1982 Far Side comic.