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TIL the 8-question Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8) can cost researchers up to $100,000 to license.

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oEaW TIL Audrey Hepburn was a ballet prodigy as a child, but after five years of malnutrition due to German occupation during WWII, she was permanently too weak to dance, so she turned to acting.
Lk18Q TIL a debate was held at a scientific conference as to whether the mammalian Y chromosome (required for males) is rapidly degrading. At the end of the debate, a vote resulted in a 50/50 split for/against the notion that the Y chromosome is degrading, with mostly females for it and males against it.
WkXXo TIL that the British NME Awards once had a category named "Bummer of the Year," in 1995. The winner was Kurt Cobain's suicide.
emD TIL Lacrosse was originally used for many purposes, including to settle tribal disputes (i.e. as a substitute for war)
ZpDOp TIL Robin Williams was given a role by Star Trek: The Next Generation writers as a man named Berlinghoff Rasmussen for the episode "A Matter of Time" where he would play a fast-talking car salesman type time traveler who turns out to be a con man. Williams had to decline in order to film 'Hook'