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TIL after discovering a rare tumor on an unborn fetus, a Nigerian doctor removed the baby at 26 weeks, successfully operated on the tumor & put the baby back into the mother’s womb. She carried her daughter full term & both are happy & healthy four years later.

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V9ak TIL traditional nail polish is not considered halal because it does not let water reach the nailbed - new “breathable” formulas were made to be worn by devout muslims
a09o TIL General Motors deliberately destroyed streetcars as a strategy to push the United States into automobile dependency.
6EKW7 TIL since 1905 federal law has upheld that state government can fine or jail anyone not vaccinating, and as recently as 2019 this has been upheld (measles outbreak of 2019) and always been by the supreme court in our history
A65d TIL in 1916 an amendment to the Constitution was proposed that all acts of war would be put to a national vote. People voting yes would have to register as volunteers for service in the United States Army.
BZ7D TIL that during WWII, actress Veronica Lake changed her image in order to encourage women working in factories to adopt more practical, safer hairstyles, even though doing so may have harmed her career.