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TIL a literature review on auto-C sections found 22 cases (ranging from 1785-2012), 19 of which had sufficient information & were included in the study. They were divided into three categories: as a means of feticide (7), mentally ill women (4) & as an act of desperation to end prolonged labor (8).

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l9n1 TIL: Rendering the entire Transformers 2 movie on a normal home pc would take 16,000 years.
pObA TIL David Attenborough is the only person to have won BAFTAs for programs in black and white, colour, HD, and 3D.
8aE4K TIL Indonesia realized dead Manta Rays are worth $500 but Manta Ray tourism generates $1,000,000 over the life of a single Ray. Indonesia is now the largest Manta sanctuary.
wLAQ1 TIL a Canadian man getting a rectal exam by his doctor at a hospital was observed by people he assumed were medical practitioners/med students. He sued the hospital and observers after learning the observers were two actors who play doctors on TV doing research for the TV series "Saving Hope."
6Yyw TIL that IGN gave the movie “This is Spinal Tap” an 11.