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TIL that until 1986, Doctors did not think babies could feel pain and open-heart surgeries were performed on infants without anesthesia.

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MZk7 TIL Kindergarten (literally “children’s garden”) while both a German word and a German invention widely adopted around the world is, ironically, not usually part of the German state-supported school system.
Z8Q4v TIL In a 1915 federal case against "fancy mixed nuts" that were argued by competitors to be an inferior grade, the court declined to accept a trade standard, saying: "...such a vague and indefinite standard... to establish by the testimony of men engaged in the business of handling nuts."
aojo TIL there is an island in the Pacific Ocean that uses huge, immovable stone discs as currency. When a purchase is made, instead of moving a stone disc, it is simply “publicly reassigned” to a new owner.
YpVgG TIL that styes, which are infections on or under the eyelid, exist. They manifest in the form of a tender little red bump, similar to a pimple. They go away naturally and popping them is not recommended.
p8DD4 TIL of the so-called 'Sewing Circle'; an underground group of lesbian and bisexual Hollywood actresses alleged to have included Marlene Dietrich, Lili Damita, Dolores del Rio, Claudette Colbert and many others. The group would meet at each other's homes for 'lunch, conversation and possibilities'.