TIL in 1958 a drug was developed to manage the symptoms of morning sickness during pregnancy, The drug caused between 5,000 and 7,000 infants to be born with malformation of the limbs (phocomelia). Only 40% of these children survived.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide#Birth_defect_crisis
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