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TIL chainsaws were once used to assist in childbirth.

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wp5M TIL that ginger in a horses bum is something that actually had to be banned at horse shows. It’s used to liven up older horses.
BrLXL TIL there is an all-female species of lizard, called the desert grassland whiptail lizard, which reproduces asexually.
69p1Y TIL that Prosciutto di Parma has been made in the Parma, Italy for 2000 years and is protected by laws that dictate it can only be made in Parma under conditions including how the pigs are raised and how the meat is prepared. Other items under these laws include Parmigiano Reggiano and Irish Cream.
vP8lR TIL Jimmy Carter is the only living president to have won Texas as a democrat
VBBXG TIL about Jordan Romero a US Mountain Climber who at 13 was the youngest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, having been too young to gain a permit from Nepal this climb was started from Tibet, China has since imposed minimum age limits for permits meaning this record cannot everbe broken