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TIL chainsaws were once used to assist in childbirth.

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Wk4K8 TIL that Shaikha Latifa is incredibly brave
xLe5 TIL The amount of bombs the US dropped over Laos is equal to a planeload of bombs every 8 minutes, 24-hours a day, for 9 years
NXdBQ TIL Pasteurization has been used by the Chinese to preserve wine since atleast 1117 CE. The Japanese started pasteurizing alcohol sometime before 1618. European experiments with pasteurization began with Lazzaro Spallanzani in 1768.
xaBD TIL a Massachusetts court ruled that a sandwich must contain two slices of bread, thus legally barring tacos, burritos, and quesadillas from being called “sandwiches.”
e0ZXJ TIL a Nigerian ship's cook, Harrison Odjegba Okene, survived for 60 hours in a sunken tugboat, Jascon-4, that capsized on 26 May 2013 in heavy seas while it was stabilising an oil tanker at a Chevron platform in the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean, about 32 km (20 mi) off the Nigerian coast