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TIL that Sharknado has a 91% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

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BrLGL TIL about Agnodice, a Greek female physician. She disguised herself as a man because women are not allowed to practice medicine. She got so good that rival physicians accused her of seducing female patients. She was defended by the women and the law against female physicians in Athens are revoked.
R7w78 TIL Will Friedle of "Boy Meets World" fame stopped acting on camera due to a anxiety disorder he was diagnosed with in his early 20s, and only does voice overs. His return as Eric Matthews in "Girl Meets World" was his first onscreen appearance since the end of "Boy Meets World".
1Y9X TIL when Ruth Bader Ginsburg was studying at Harvard, the Dean of Harvard Law asked her “How do you justify taking a spot from a qualified man?” Ruth transferred to Columbia Law School and became the first woman to be on two major law reviews, later becoming an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
bN1a TIL Albuterol, one of the oldest asthma medicines, typically costs $50 to $100 per inhaler in the United States, but it was less than $15 a decade ago, before it was repatented
gY09 TIL of Robert Smalls, a seaman-slave during the American Civil War who stole a warship when the Confederate sailors went whoring and sailed himself and his family to freedom. Then fought for the Union. Then became a successful businessman and bought his former masters house.