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TIL nearly 58% (17,202 out of 29,791) of the movies that the MPAA rated between 1968-2018 are Rated R.

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DpmD TIL GlaxoSmithKline knew that the anti-depressant drug paroxetine didn’t work in adolescents and increased their risk of suicide, yet didn’t divulge the information as “it would be commercially unacceptable to include a statement that efficacy had not been demonstrated.”
rNw9y TIL Baby gorillas are curious and will pull colourful items such as shoes, clothing, or dyed hair that they see on tourists. A baby in Rwanda once picked up a glove that tourist dropped, and the angry silverback confiscated it and threw it back at the tourist
v1kZ4 TIL In 1974, Toeless NFL Kicker Tom Dempsey Set A 43-Year Field Goal Record With 2 Seconds Left In The Game, Leading The Saints To A 19-17 Walk-Off Win
Y7DYB TIL that women hold 14 of the longest 23 neutral endurance records in marathon swimming
V9Ym TIL the first modern attempt at restricting smoking was imposed by the then German government in every university, post office, military hospital, and Nazi Party office, under the auspices of Karl Astel’s Institute for Tobacco Hazards Research, created in 1941 under orders from Adolf Hitler.