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TIL that "Forgotten Baby Syndrome," the tragic phenomenon behind infant hot car deaths, is caused by change in routine and can happen to anyone

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RNGQ TIL Rosemary Kennedy, sister of JFK, had a lobotomy performed on her at age 23 because she was ‘an embarrassment to the family.’
MevA0 TIL that emergency fuel shipments to Siberian cities cost Russia an estimated $500 million per year - and according to economists, it would be cheaper for Russia to fly labourers into Siberia to extract the natural resources and then fly them out again, instead of keeping Siberian cities functioning
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