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

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YpyDx TIL: In 2010, a boa constrictor was shown to have reproduced asexually via parthenogenesis. This is only the third genetically confirmed case of consecutive virgin births of viable offspring from a single female within any vertebrate lineage.
awVWL TIL the "Peter Principle" - that everyone is eventually promoted into a position at which they are incompetent.
m144Y TIL Columbo's character was married during the series run from 1968-1978, and the 1979 spin-off "Mrs. Columbo" featured a 24-yr old Kate Mulgrew as his wife- making her 14-yrs old when the Columbo series began in 1968.
VM81Q TIL Between 1935-44, William Boeing and his wife set aside land outside Seattle city limits for subdivision and placed covenants to enforce segregation, forbidding properties from being "sold, conveyed, rented, or leased in whole or in part to any person not of the White or Caucasian race."
oBpJE TIL of Armenian Shavarsh Karapetyan swimming athlete, had numerous incredible heroic saves, one in 1976 rescuing 20 people from a bus that fell into a river. This act ended his professional career due to severe injuries sustained.