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TIL a woman gave birth to a healthy baby after having committed suicide

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Z8KMv TIL that the Uncompahgre Ute Native American tribe made special ceremonial rattles filled with quartz that would emit flashes of light when shaken. This was an early example of triboluminescence.
b9e70 TIL Dr. George Archibald spent 3 years with a highly endangered whooping crane named Tex, acting as a male crane – walking, calling, dancing – to shift her into reproductive condition. Through his dedication and the use of artificial insemination, Tex eventually laid a fertile egg.
oB7BA TIL that in 1874 the "American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals" brought the attention to child abuse because there were no rights for protecting children. The case of Mary Ellen.
neB6o TIL about Homegrown National Park, an effort to plant all unpaved and unfarmed land in America, from window boxes to yards, with native plants to support the entire food chain.
a8G4b TIL that since before The Civil War no Democrat has been elected President to replace an outgoing Democrat President.