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TIL there is no scientific evidence that Chiropractic medicine has any medical benefit.

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vbjx TIL Author Phillip Roth attempted to edit a Wikipedia entry for his novel ‘The Human Stain’ because the article misattributed the inspiration for one of his characters. The 'Eniglish Wikipedia Administrator’ told Roth he was not a credible source and that he needed a secondary source.
nkwd TIL that there are children in Japan that can do massive calculations in seconds with a purely imaginary abacus, where it looks like they are manipulating nothing but air.
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vL1B TIL that women were not allowed to wear pants on the U.S. Senate floor until 1993 after Senators Barbara Mikulski and Carol Moseley Braun defiantly staged a protest by wearing pantsuits.