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TIL the FDA considers lube a medical device. (See introduction)

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5Yann TIL Whales and Dolphins evolved to live on land, then about 50M years ago thought "nah screw this" and went back to the ocean
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YEn7 TIL Martin Luther King Jr. convinced actress Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura) to not quit her role on the original series of ‘Star Trek’ because he believes that showing a black woman work alongside white men would help achieve racial equality.
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