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TIL that until 1987 many doctors believed infants did not feel pain. Medical procedures, even heart surgeries were performed without anesthesia.

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Qw9d TIL that when John Cougar was told he had to lip sync for a TV performance he and his band protested by appearing on stage with the wrong instruments
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D96p TIL the Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988) saw the only confirmed air-to-air helicopter battles in history.
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