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TIL that chainsaws were originally invented for childbirth

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Ry91 TIL of illegal “Gutter Oil” in China, where raw sewage and other waste is boiled down to make cooking oil, which is then used by street vendors and restaurants to cook with.
1DG8 TIL the Birmingham or “Brummie” accent is perceived as the least intelligent British accent; It even scored lower than being silent.
ADldB TIL the Russian mafia smuggled grain alcohol to Eastern Europe by dying it blue, labeling it s windshield-wiper fluid, cologne, mouthwash and cleaning solvents and once overseas removing the dye and selling the alcohol as high end liquor
d8QoB TIL Forty stones outline the original boundary of Washington DC, many of which are forgotten and neglected. This 10-sq mile area was to be the new capital of the United States, proposed by George Washington and assisted in its layout by a free-African American astronomer, Benjamin Banneker, in 1789
D1Zbp TIL 6 nuclear weapons COMPLETELY VANISHED between 1950 and 1968