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TIL that Homeopathy 'treatments' in the US must be labelled to say they do not work

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yQWxv TIL The man credited with saving both Apollo 12 and Apollo 13 was forced to resign years later while serving as the Chief of NASA when Texas Senator Robert Krueger blamed him for $500 million of overspending on Space Station Freedom, which later evolved into the International Space Station (ISS).
x61y0 TIL that professional Santa top earners are up to $500/hr and that Santa Schools exist for certifications/training
J8xj TIL that the ‘Cinnamon Challenge’ can result in a collapsed lung
Egev7 TIL the Purple Earth Hypothesis proposes that the Earth's surface biosphere may have appeared purple in the past due to photosynthesis at the time being based on simpler retinal instead of more complex chlorophyll
R5BpQ TIL in 1933 there was an alleged conspiracy by wealthy businessmen to stage a coup against FDR and install a Marine Corps general as dictator