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Electronic toys for infants that produce lights, words and songs were associated with decreased quantity and quality of language compared to playing with books or traditional toys such as a wooden puzzle, a shape-sorter and a set of rubber blocks, according to an article published online by JAMA Pediatrics.

gM6Z9 TIL a New York man sued Miller Brewing Co. for false advertising, claiming that its Fosters commercials convinced him that the beer was Australian. In fact, the beer is actually brewed in Fort Worth, Texas.
KOMDB TIL after his friend's eyes froze over from removing fogged goggles during a test flight, John Macready began working with Bausch & Lomb to create goggles better suited for flights into the upper atmosphere. Using his original shape, tint and fit, the design would become the Ray-Ban Aviators.
5VPeD TIL a 2020 analysis found that approximately 1.8% of physicians were responsible for half of the roughly $83.3 billion paid out in malpractice lawsuits that were reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank over a 25 year period.
WkAeY TIL There was a study that concluded that watching Keeping up with the Kardashians likely makes you a worse person. “When considered together with my study, it suggests that exposure to the message in this materialistic media can inhibit peoples’ altruism, empathy and concern for the community."
Egmbw Today I learned that every Sturgeon caught in British waters has to be offered to the reigning monarch.