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rNEPy TIL that in 1894 the U.S. Army killed 30 American citizens during the Pullman Strike. Union organizer and future socialist presidential candidate Eugene V. Debs was called "an enemy of the human race" in a New York Times editorial, and imprisoned for mail obstruction.
x6Evg TIL that Smallville Actress Allison Mack was sent to prison for being in a cult called NXIVM!
8xkL TIL that the disclosure of the sex of the fetus is strictly prohibited under the law in India because of issues with “female foeticide” and the negativity associated with having a female child creates due to the dowry system.
6EBlZ TIL only 1 woman ever won the medal of honour & they tried to take it away from her. She was an early feminist & nurse who refused to wear women’s clothing & was disliked by the leading suffragists who said she was giving the “wrong image” for her clothing style.
wLvOP TIL despite a US law stating that all physicians must be trained in the field of nutrition, a study of physicians in internal medicine showed that while 94% agreed it was their obligation to discuss nutrition with patients, only 14% felt they were adequately trained to provide nutrition counseling.