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TIL of actor William Haines (1900–1973), who quit acting in 1935 when his studio employer, MGM, tried to pressure him into ending his relationship with his male partner and entering into a “lavender marriage” to hide his homosexuality. Instead, the two started a successful interior design business.

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EVdP TIL that in 1934, FDR enacted a Federal law requiring that all gold be turned over to the federal government at the price of $20.67/oz. After the government acquired most of the gold, they changed the market price to $35/oz.
lod05 TIL that cheek dimples are a genetically transmitted abnormality of a muscle in the cheek. Also, almost all babies have cheek dimples because of so much fat in their cheeks which is required for suckling and causes facial depression. They disappear once the baby fat melts away.
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