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TIL that the doctor that claimed a link between vaccines and autism made up data

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PeaG TIL the Walgreens pharmacy franchise grew from 20 to 400 stores during Prohibition due to liquor prescriptions.
7rQM TIL kids can get their drawings transformed into stuffed animals/objects/people!
D17dD TIL that there was a form of medieval torture, where the victim's feet were covered in salt water and then a goat would start licking them. Sometimes the laughter and stress from the intense tickling resulted in a heart attack or a brain hemorrhage.
Xg0E TIL that in 1950 a church in Beatrice, Nebraska exploded five minutes after choir practice was supposed to start but no one was hurt because every single member of the choir was late for entirely different reasons. And my grandmother was one of them.
XL4D TIL Marijuana is completely legal in North Korea as it is not considered a drug