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Today I learned you shouldn't give Asprin to children and teenagers after chickenpox or the flu, it can cause or exacerbate Reye's syndrome

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grL94 TIL the word "alabaster" does not involve the Greek root word "aster" (star) like I assumed, but is named because the material was used to create vessels that depicted the Egyptian goddess "Bast" and were found in the region called "Alabastron".
Z8dO4 TIL that the Nazi-collaborationist government of France ironically held an entire trial to blame the generals of the democratically elected French Third Republic for losing the Battle of France to the Nazis in 1940.
Z8Y5v TIL It is legal in in 45 US states for doctors and medical students to perform pelvic exams on unconscious women for medical training, without explicit consent. This may also be done during consented medical procedures that are unrelated to gynecology.
wLGQ6 TIL Ronald Reagan had planned an active post-presidency, but his Alzheimer's disease made him cancel those plans and spend less time on public appearances.
dDDQQ TIL the USA is not a young country anymore. Independence in 1776 makes it older than about two-thirds of the 195 sovereign states recognised by the UN.