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TIL that chainsaws were originally invented for childbirth
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TIL that cigarette filters only reduce the risk of catching smoking related diseases because of the presence of the filter reduces the amount of tobacco in the cigarette.
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TIL Cesar Chavez had a dog named Boycott who taught him "to question the right of humans to eat other sentient beings." He said “Racism, economic deprival, dog fighting and cock fighting, bullfighting, and rodeos are all cut from the same defective fabric: violence.”
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TIL In Belgium, Poland, Portugal and France everyone is automatically an organ donor, unless they refuse beforehand.
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TIL Alfred Hitchcock directed a remake of one of his own movies, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 and 1956). Both of which have 89% and 91%, respectively on Rotten Tomatoes.
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TIL there is a product that will turn you into a tree after death. Gerard Moline developed the Bios Urn which allows people to use their ashes to germinate a seed of their choice.