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TIL in 1995 drug giant GlaxoSmithKline gathered over one hundred black and hispanic orphans, including toddlers and babies, to test the “toxicity” of their AIDS medication on them. They continued to do this for nearly ten years.

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Wg14 TIL not a single black artist had a Billboard No.1 single in 2013 - the first time this has happened in 55 years.
DVgD TIL that cats embed a high-frequency “cry” within their naturally low-pitched purr in order to exploit their owners
ybl8 TIL that many believe that Freud ignored his patients being victims of sexual abuse, which would cause drastic misinterpretation of his findings.
Kj6J TIL that there are studies which suggest a correlation between sleep deprivation and an increased desire to eat poorly and decreased self control over eating impulses.
PYbZ TIL that the United States is 45th worst in terms of income disparity, ranking just behind Cameroon, Guyana and Iran. (CIA World Factbook)