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TIL that Magnolia were named after French Botanist Pierre Magnol

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ADBNg TIL during the 60’s, St Louis collected 300,00 baby teeth to determine radiation levels of their tiny residents.
QN4ra TIL about the Thalidomide scandal in the 1950s and 1960s, which resulted in thousands of children being born with severe birth defects after their mothers took the drug during pregnancy, leading to increased regulation of pharmaceuticals worldwide.
kJGYm TIL there is still no scientific consensus for why "the dress" appears as either white-and-gold or black-and-blue
loDZG TIL that Jaws 2 was almost a prequel about the USS Indianapolis, the WW2 sinking/shark attack that killed hundreds of sailors and that Quint describes in the original Jaws
NXgXb TIL The final episode of MAS*H was two and a half hours long and was viewed by an audience of 121 million.