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6E0J7 TIL of "Freddish" - Mr. Rogers' carefully crafted set of rules for talking to children, designed to keep kids from taking things too literally or becoming unnecessarily scared
9wKrB TIL about the "Rabbit Test," a human pregnancy test created in 1931. It involved injecting urine from a woman into a female rabbit. If the rabbit's ovaries showed enlargement upon dissection, it indicated the woman was likely pregnant, with about a 98% certainty. This was utilized until the 1970s.
6E8Mm TIL that Isaac Asimov died from complications of HIV. In 1983 got HIV from a blood transfusion during heart surgery. His doctors told him to keep it quiet. 10 Ten years later, after most of Asimov's physicians had died, Asimov's family agreed that the HIV story should be made public.
OGOOY TIL that David Bowie's “Space Oddity” was banned by the BBC in July 1969 during Apollo 11 due to its perceived bleak astronaut theme. After the Moon landing succeeded, the ban was lifted and it became a hit and was even used in BBC coverage.
Z8X6B TIL Mars Inc (the confectionary company) employs two thirds of all veterinarians that graduate in America, and now owns two thirds of all corporate animal hospitals