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TIL that an early version of a chainsaw was used in the 19th century to widen a woman’s pelvis during childbirth.

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rNEM0 TIL About the Bantu Expansion where in 10 waves of migration between 2000 BCE and 1000 CE Bantu peoples from the area around modern day Cameroon settled nearly all of Sub-Saharan Africa eliminating, displacing or absorbing most of the indigenous peoples of the region.
XKn8 TIL that Costa Rica plans to shut down its zoos and release some animals in captivity and eventually do away with public zoos altogether
ygG8 TIL Elon Musk wasnt originally going to produce electric cars, but when GM took back all their electric cars and had them all crushed, Elon was surprised to see that owners cared so much that they held a candlelight vigil for them. As if the cars had been “executed”
xGe5 TIL of the Japanese monster Betobeto-San, which follows behind people at night making the sound of footsteps. It is not dangerous, and can be escaped simply by standing to the side and saying “After you, Betobeto-san.”
YMPP TIL Since Discovered, Pluto has not completed its orbit around the sun. (It takes 248 years to complete its orbit)