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TIL Dr. Seuss's first book "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street" was rejected by 27 publishers. He decided to destroy the book but randomly bumped into an old friend who'd just become a children's book editor, who asked to look at it and ended up publishing it.

TIL that sirens are designed to trigger fear circuits in the brain.

TIL That episiotomies, the intentional incision of the perineum during childbirth, was once considered routine. In the late 1970's, it was done in more than 60% of vaginal births. The procedure was discouraged by leading OBGYN groups in the 2000's, but still sometimes occurs.

TIL that the Pentagon has never passed a financial audit

TIL Before 2012, Pizza Hut was the largest purchaser of kale in the US, but they only used it as garnish for their salad bars.

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