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TIL thanks to the dedicated evaluation by Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey (a young pharmacologist who had just started working at the Food and Drug Administration), Thalidomide was banned in the USA and worldwide in 1962. The drug caused massive birth defects such as missing ears and flipper limbs.

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Wk6Lo TIL Armenian finswimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan was finishing a 12-mile run when he heard a bus crash into the water. He dove down 33 ft, and rescued 20 people, one at a time. He is an 11-time World Record holder, 17-time World Champion, 13-time European Champion and 7-time USSR Champion
R5M64 TIL the Pacific island nation of Nauru has been so damaged by phosphate mining that in 1964 Australia offered to repopulate the entire nation to Curtis Island near the Australian Coast. Nauru refused the offer in order to maintain their sovereignty and not become part of Australia.
ANLBx TIL: Ted Danson's second wife, producer Cassandra "Casey" Coates, suffered a stroke while giving birth to their first daughter, Kate. Ted spent several years caring for her and helping her recuperate. They later adopted a second daughter, Alexis.
VrL4 TIL Google wants to build it’s own city for IRL beta testing
RwD1 TIL In 1999, two nine-year-old boys sued Nintendo because they claimed the Pokémon Trading Card Game caused their problematic gambling.