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TIL Drug trials done by Pfizer without parent consent in the 2000’s resulted in child deaths in Nigeria, and when the attorney general of Nigeria went after Pfizer they hired PI’s to coerce him into dropping all charges

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9Lp TIL: In India all movies (even American made movies) include a short intermission for bathroom breaks and snacks.
X0m4E TIL that JFK didn’t invite Sammy Davis Jr. to his 1961 inauguration as Sammy had married a white woman, and JFK was worried that the presence of an interracial couple would upset Southerners. Dean Martin, who was angered by this news, refused to attend the inauguration in solidarity with Sammy.
OZZg TIL that in July 2013, a fake FBI warning originating from computer malware led to a 21-year old turning himself in to the real FBI for child pornography and child sexual abuse.
xxb TIL that the word swastika literally means “being happy.”
GAKZQ TIL the wood panel film prop that Kate Winslet's Rose floats on (and Leonardo Dicaprio's Jack floats beside) to save her life towards the end of the movie Titanic was sold at auction for $718,750 (£567,561).