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TIL that chainsaws were originally invented for childbirth

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WkB4A TIL America and "the Americas" were named after Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian navigator and merchant. "America" was chosen because it matches Europe and Asia, which are also womens names.
w7yo TIL the 65’ Eiffel Tower in Paris, TX had a giant cowboy hat added after construction of a 70’ tower in Paris, TN, making it slightly larger.
W7jjN TIL that the town of Chevy Chase, Maryland wasn't named after the actor, or vice versa. Both were named after an English historical ballad about a war that took place on the border between England and Scotland.
0O0M TIL that when Lawrence Anthony, an international conservationist famously known as the ‘Elephant Whisperer’, died, some of the elephants he worked to save came to his family’s home in accordance with the way elephants usually mourn the death of one of their own.
BGeW TIL that the bull on the Elmer’s glue logo is the husband of Elsie, the cow on the Borden Milk logo.