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TIL That caskets are rectangular and coffins are tapered at the shoulder

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rNMDM TIL that Thalidomide (morning sickness drug that caused birth defects) is a chiral molecule. The drug that was marketed was a 50/50 mixture of left and right-handed molecules. While the left-handed molecule was EFFECTIVE, the right-handed one was highly TOXIC
N7jd6 TIL “The Andy Griffith Show” was a spin-off of an episode of “Make Room for Daddy”
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