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TIL employers are sometimes less inclined to hire somebody who is overweight

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dDxn9 TIL about Francis Kelsey of the FDA, who single-handedly saved the health and lives of countless babies by blocking the approval of Thalidomide, a drug that caused thousands of birth defects in 46 countries.
VMop0 TIL Serial killer Wayne Nance, the Missoula Mauler, invaded the home of Doug and Kris Wells. Despite being bound and stabbed, Doug managed to fatally shoot Nance in the head. The Wells survived.
RnDQ TIL A star called Betelgeuse will supernova “soon” and becomes Earths second sun for 2 weeks
M7PEA TIL that many printers secretly add microscopic yellow tracking dots to every printed page, encoding the date, time, and printer's serial number to trace documents back to their source.
mAlo TIL of The Sons of Lee Marvin, a secret society where the only requirement for entry to the club is that one must have a physical resemblance to plausibly look like a son of Lee Marvin. Members include Tom Waits, Jim Jarmusch, Nick Cave, Neil Young and Josh Brolin.