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TIL that the inclusion of women in clinical research did not become law until 1993.

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ADnZx TIL that the Soviet Union was the first and only country to explore the surface of Venus.
W77kX TIL that the saying "I'll sleep when I'm dead." may have first been said by the hero Gilgamesh. This conversation with the god Shamesh is from the Epic of Gilgamesh, captured on clay tablets 4000 years ago in the world's oldest written story. Jump down to the beginning of Part III
7ryQM TIL A person may serve as President of the US in excess of two terms for a maximum of ten years if the president acted as president for two years or less in a term where another was elected as president.
negyd TIL Alvin and the Chipmunks have won 5 Grammy Awards
9Ypvm TIL a region in Brazil is home to the remnants of two native tribes, consisting of four and five people, respectively, who “speak mutually unintelligible languages, but are linked by marriage,” as well as “an unknown man who lives alone and is thought the be the last survivor of a different tribe.”