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TIL of Huang Yijun, a 92-year-old woman who delivered a 60-year-old "stone baby" (calcified fetus) in 2009

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mx5yx TIL in 1988, a US Senator invoked an obscure rule to allow the Sergeant-at-Arms to arrest absent Senators and bring them into the chamber for a vote. One Senator attempted to escape, but was caught and carried feet-first into the Senate chamber by three officers.
Vn9D TIL the U.S.A. is the only country in the world where most boys are circumcised for nonreligious reasons.
R77kw TIL due to Japan's aging population, they sell more adult diapers than baby diapers
Lk7ad TIL that Hakan Şükür, former world class striker and top scorer of the Turkish national soccer team, works as an Uber driver in Washington D.C.
VMVbQ TIL the 1940 Olympics were to be held in Tokyo (summer) and Sapporo (winter), but both were cancelled because of WWII. If the 2020 Olympics are cancelled, Tokyo (and Sapporo, hosting the marathon) will be the only cities to have had the games cancelled twice.