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TIL that singer Avril Lavigne was banned from performing in Malaysia in 2008 because her concert was deemed too sexy.However,the ban was lifted shortly after.

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rNWay TIL: du Coudray, a midwife that saw dangerous childbirth practices in the 1700s. She made a cloth model .. with a uterus, placenta, etc…and real pelvic bones. It mimicked contractions and fluid seen during childbirth. She made textbook drawings for midwives to follow even if they couldn’t read.
9YYYm TIL when James Brady’s surgeon was informed of the media’s announcement that Brady had died in the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan, the surgeon replied, “No one has told me and the patient.”
VBWA4 TIL about Shizo Kanakuri, a Japanese runner who dropped out of the 1912 Olympic race (he fell asleep during his rest mid-race), but returned 54 years later to officially finish it. Kanakuri joked: “It was a long trip. Along the way, I got married, had six children and 10 grandchildren.”
KOXMJ TIL Reagan and Gorbachev Agreed to Pause the Cold War in Case of an Alien Invasion.
dD66d TIL Kepler discovered angular speeds of each planet at aphelion and perihelion, as measured from the Sun, produced consonant ratios. He wrote each planet followed scales: Mercury has the most musical range while Venus only has one note