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TIL parental refusal of vaccination is child neglect

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R7n14 TIL Many French Bulldogs require artificial insemination to breed because their hips are too slim to allow the male to mount the female. In addition, 80% of their litters are delivered through C-section.
vP11L TIL that when dust jackets were first introduced, they completely enclosed the books and were sealed shut with wax or glue like wrapping paper. The most of these jackets were torn open and thrown away.
Br7Qx TIL David Bowie's eyes weren't of different colours. He suffered from anisocoria, which means that the iris can’t react to light in the same way as its fellow, so the area appears to be darker. So, what appeared to be different coloured eyes, was just that one pupil was bigger than the other.
nWGR7 TIL in 1981, music retailer Sound of Music held a four-day "Tornado Sale" and promised "best buys" of its leftover stock, after a tornado damaged its most profitable location. The success of the sale inspired the store to rebrand itself in 1983 as Best Buy
1Dp7 TIL that Bob Duffey, possibly the world’s best, safest, and most unknown motorcycle stuntman, boasts a career of over 1200 jumps with only 3 crashes having “a record of perfection unequaled by anyone.” At age 66, he still performs motorcycle stunts to this day.