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TIL For every meth lab bust in Nevada, there are nearly 1500 in Indiana

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oR5oE TIL, the chainsaw was originally invented for use in childbirth, specifically for a procedure called symphysiotomy, which involved widening the pelvis to facilitate delivery
JYL44 TIL German alchemist Hennig Brand discovered phosphorus when he tried to make gold from urine
4YOg TIL your state’s highest paid public employee is probably a football coach
xVKB7 TIL in June of 1996, Tupac went to prom with a fan who wrote him a letter jokingly saying “If you ever read this, please take me to my prom since my boyfriend just broke up with me.”
9jd7 TIL that Harvard professor Roger Fisher proposed implanting nuclear launch codes in a volunteer so that the President would have to kill an innocent person before firing. The Pentagon rejected the idea fearing the President would not go through with it even if it was necessary.