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TIL Roald Dahl’s original draft of “Charlie in the Chocolate Factory” featured 5 additional bratty kids, including one named “Herpes.”

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MeGbA TIL Humans are deuterostomes, which means the butthole forms before any other openings, and organs during development.
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