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TIL that childbirth is roughly fourteen times as likely to cause death than (legal) abortion

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MD9W TIL A single MDMA experience might permanently increase sociability and empathy in adults with autism
69owl Today I learned that during the Paria delta p incident that did happen on February 2022, the five commercial divers were sucked into the 30’’ pipeline at a mean velocity of about 3,3 m/s (10.8 ft/s) and stopped sliding when they were at about 200 m (656 ft) from the riser elbow.
J1Bxm TIL Roy Orbison's song "I Drove All Night" was first released on the Super Mario World-themed "White Knuckle Scorin'," a compilation licensed by Nintendo and released by MCA Records in 1991. Orbison recorded the song in 1987, it became a posthumous hit in 1992.
dEdZ TIL that sheep commit mass suicide, the largest recorded instance was in 2005, in Turkey where 1,500 sheep followed each other over the edge of a cliff resulting in 450 deaths and approximately $100,000 in losses to the families who owned the sheeps
0E6N TIL Before he became an actor, Vin Diesel once worked as a telemarketer selling light bulbs and mechanics tools. Doing that he managed to raise almost $50,000 and made his first feature “Stray” (1997).