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TIL commercials for prescription drugs were effectively banned from American television until the FDA eased restrictions in 1997

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57N9 TIL the average debt load for US law school graduates is now over $100,000. Faced with a dismal job market, many graduates are unable to find work or settle for non legal jobs
m1M5x TIL two rival scientists in the 1800s waged a petty, sabotage-filled war over who could discover more dinosaurs. They blew up dig sites, bribed workers, and ruined each other’s careers—yet still named over 130 species. It’s called the Bone Wars.
vM4B TIL that Dr Seuss’s first book was rejected 20+ times. He was on his way to burn it when he ran into a college friend who had just been made children’s editor at Vanguard Press. Seuss later said, ‘If I’d been going down the other side of Madison Ave, I’d be in the dry-cleaning business today.’
WkWZY TIL that after the holidays, there is a spike of pets being returned to animals shelters due to them being gifted with little thought to the long term responsibilities of pet ownership.
Gle4 TIL glacial retreats in southern Alaska are leading to an increase in the frequency of earthquakes. The Bering glacier, in particular, is so massive that it’s weight stabilizes the subduction of the Pacific plate underneath the North American plate.