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TIL that Stephen Hawking's fear of aliens comes from the possibility of aliens enslaving us based on the reality that we've done that to our selves in the past when a more technologically advanced civilization encountered a less technologically advanced civilization.
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"Last Action Hero" (1993), an underappreciated satire of the action genre which was before its time and featured Arnold Schwarzenegger showing his natural born talent for comedy
https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/6l8ci9/last_action_hero_1993_an_underappreciated_satire/
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TIL that thalidomide, the infamous morning sickness drug that caused severe birth defects, was never approved for use in the US because of a single reviewer at the FDA who didn't think it had been tested enough, and resisted industry pressure to approve the drug anyway.
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/6l8r53/til_that_thalidomide_the_infamous_morning/
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