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TIL that Aldous Huxley's descriptions of the effects of alcohol on fetuses in Brave New World predate the scientific recognition of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome by more than four decades.

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VMQ6m TIL that Thanksgiving was not actually a federal holiday in the United States until 1863, when it was declared so by Abraham Lincoln.
R5ojl TIL that a bear was shot at a jazz festival. At the 2004 Kaslo Jazz Etc Festival in British Columbia, a black bear got too close to the audience listening to Jeff Healy because people lured the animal with food. As Healy and 1700 horrified people watched, the RCMP killed the bear with a shotgun.
LQdLv TIL in human gestation, we briefly develop fish-like and amphibian-like kidneys before the final third stage of kidneys forms (which are the ones we keep). This shows our evolutionary past in embryonic development.
J1OmQ TIL: That there's a specie of snakes that resemble giant worms called Amphisbaenia.
VRxk TIL Hulk Hogan choked out talk show host Richard Belzer on live television. Belzer collapsed when Hogan released the hold and smashed his head against the stage. He lost a good bit of blood and required several stitches to close the wound. Belzer later sued Hogan for $5 Million.