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TIL: Sigmund Freud was initially a hypnotist and used his now-famous couch for hypnosis sessions. He continued using it for psychoanalysis, in part so people wouldn’t stare at him for eight hours a day

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VMDVm TIL that William McBride, an Australian obstetrician who helped determine the link between thalidomide and birth defects, was years later de-registered for falsifying scientific data to claim that another drug also caused birth defects.
Y78Av TIL that it's legal for a female to walk topless in public anywhere in Ontario, Canada.
XEdkr TIL that Michelangelo's statue "David" has a bulging vein in his neck that only appears during certain types of heart disease or during extreme stress or excitement.
J1gej TIL in 2018, a girl who was offered an internship with NASA had her offer revoked after she told a retired NASA engineer to "suck my dick and balls." The engineer, Homer Hickman of "October Sky" fame, nevertheless attempted to get her internship back.
4kexN TIL in 1893, John Nance Garner won the election for county judge of Uvalde County, Texas against Mariette "Ettie" Rheiner. The electoral opponents then started dating and married in 1895. John Garner would go on to serve as U.S. Vice President from 1933 to 1941.