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TIL that in 16th-century England, the midwives' oath included not allowing the mother to falsely name the father of the child, not exchanging the child after birth, not using sorcery or incantations during the labour or delivery, and not dismembering the child or cutting or pulling their head off

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kOKvB TIL actress Dana Plato appeared on the Howard Stern Show in 1999. Recovering from past drug addiction, she was shamed and pressured by the host and the callers, some who doubted her sobriety. She commited suicide the next day by prescription drug overdose.
Q04L TIL that the movie Tangled was more expensive than Avatar. In fact it’s the second most expensive movie of all time.
9x9Q TIL that Steven Spielberg agreed to direct Raiders of the Lost Ark when he and George Lucas went on vacation to Hawaii and were building sandcastles
Y7GkA TIL that Elizabeth Johnson, one of the women accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch trials, was only officially exonorated in 2022
x6e85 TIL - Appetite control in the human body is so complex that there are ~20 appetite inhibitory hormones and 6 appetite stimulatory hormones all acting to maintain our satiety. This complex biology has made it exceptionally difficult to formulate drug interventions for appetite control.