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TIL that guitar great Skunk Baxter of The Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan is also a DoD consulting expert on ballistic missiles and chairs the Congressional Advisory Board on Missile Defense.

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7r9NM TIL children who sucked their thumbs or bit their nails were 33 percent less likely to react to common allergens. By age 32, it is even higher at 39 percent. The reason: Scientists say these kids built immunity to various bacteria at a young age.
Xrrr TIL - Congressman McFadden in 1934 wanted to imprison those who ran the Federal Reserve Bank. “The Fed has cheated the Government of these United States and the people of the United States out of enough money to pay the Nation’s debt.”
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