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TIL that a Lyme disease vaccine was voluntarily pulled from the market after the manufacturer was sued by anti-vaccine groups.

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eQJ5 TIL that Roald Dahl wrote the screenplay for the James Bond film ‘You Only Live Twice’
Eg4vW til: shirley temple actually disliked the drink named after her. "people think it's funny, i hate them. (it's) too sweet"
RQkw TIL Mars makes 2 billion M&Ms every 8 hours.
5YNmn TIL more Americans died in motor vehicle accidents in 1937 (37,819 fatalities) then in 2018 (36,560 fatalities).
n85B TIL that in 1952 Albert Einstein was offered the Presidency of the State of Israel. He declined, saying that as a scientist trained to deal with objective facts, he lacked the aptitude and experience to deal with people.