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TIL a internationally known Bioethicist believes we should be able to kill a disabled baby after he’s born if it’s in the “best interests” of the family

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N7eVe TIL in 1996 Tonya Harding, by then already a scandalous figure from the 1994 skating incidents, gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to an 81-year-old woman who collapsed at a bar in Portland, and was credited with saving her life.
gYdy TIL the Groom of the Stool, the English monarch’s royal toilet attendant, was considered one of the most powerful positions in court because of all the secrets the monarch would share. Eventually holders of the position were also put in charge of royal finances.
epBl4 TIL that Mushrooms Communicate With Each Other Using A 50-Word Vocabulary
Z87LR TIL William the Conqueror’s victory at the Battle of Hastings on October 14, 1066 forever changed the way that English itself was spoken because it introduced French as the language of government & business which was eventually blended w/ Old English and became modern English.
rB7o TIL A tall person on average annually makes $789 more per inch than a shorter person