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TIL Dr. Kelsey, despite immense pressure from pharmaceutical companies, decided not to approve thalidomide for morning sickness in the U.S., saving a whole generation of children from death and deformities

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vdGL TIL the concept of Dibs is almost culturally universal.
oRAyL TIL that in Korea, there have been multiple claims of tooth loss due to stress. A Korean study even confirmed a link between the two.
j6ZEE TIL that Gert Frobe, the actor who portrayed Auric Goldfinger in James Bond, was a former Nazi. Because of this, Goldfinger was banned in Israel until a Jewish man informed the Israeli Embassy that Frobe had hidden his mother and him from the Nazis.
9YBer TIL that, with parental consent, Massachusetts boys can marry at 14 and MA girls can marry at 12