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TIL Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder can be recognized on people of all ages by examining several distinct facial features, such as a “smooth philtrum” (AKA lack of groove between nose & lip)

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4Xm85 TIL that a ballerina was diagnosed with a detached retina in 1941 and had eye surgery. She had bed rest for 3 months, but still moved her feet. The op failed, as did another. For her third, she had a year’s bed rest. Her husband sat with her every day, using their fingers to teach her ballet.
b90Da TIL According to the 2017 U.S. Census Bureau, 19.7 million children, more than 1 in 4, live without a father in the home
a4L0 TIL a woman once tried to sue Nickelodeon, claiming she couldn’t have sex because Marc Summers threw a pie at her face on Double Dare. The network gave her $25,000 to “go away.“
9Yg47 TIL When CIA raided Usama Bin Ladin’s compound in Abbottabad they found "Batman Gotham Knight", "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs", "Resident Evil" and many other videos.
5659 TIL JFK may have survived his assassination if it were not for the fact he was wearing a brace for his bad back. Oswald’s first shot hit him in the shoulder and chest, but the brace prevented him from slumping over, allowing Oswald to get a more accurate shot to the head.