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TIL that fentanyl is commonly used as a pain reliever during childbirth.

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rNERo TIL In 1966, President Kennedy's brain disappeared from the National Archives
K1K4 TIL Kangaroo rarely hops backward due to its anatomy, thus the reason it and an emu are on the Australian Coat of Arms, symbolizing a nation should only move forward.
KaKw TIL after Lenny Bruce died cops wanted his body and death scene to look more like a junkie for news photographers. They posed him, pulled his pants down, and put a box of syringes by his body.
4X65J TIL of Rudloe Manor, the UK's own Area 51. For years, the RAF’s secret service worked in underground tunnels and chambers beneath the manor on UFO investigations. It's existence was consistently denied by the MOD, but in 2007, during a release of declassified files, it was finally confirmed.
daoK TIL the heaviest weight lifted by a human was 6,270 pounds, by Paul Anderson, who backlifted it in 1957. That’s more weight than an average female African elephant.