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TIL that women can produce breast milk without pregnancy or giving birth. This is called “induced lactation”, which allows women to breastfeed babies they didn’t give birth to, such as via adoption and surrogate.

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ogNL TIL: the Ogallala Aquifer, the aquifer that is responsible for supplying water for 30% of the United States agriculture, may be depleted by the 2028. The cause: over farming, as well as the coal and oil industries.
9Ydgm TIL that an earl of Oxford farted in presence of the Queen and left the country for 7 years because of it. When he returned, the Queen greeted him with "My Lord, I had forgot the Fart"
x67vb TIL that in 2001, the Monkey-Man of Delhi was an unknown anomaly which was reported to be roaming Delhi in mid-2001. Some described it as covered in thick black hair with a metal helmet, metal claws, glowing red eyes and it wore roller-skates. The incident has been described as mass hysteria.
Me40V TIL in 1988, King Hussein of Jordan arbitrarily and without notice revoked the citizenship of tens of thousands of Arabs living in the West Bank, in violation of international and Jordanian law
L8lV TIL the 1994 Rangers got drunk and left the Stanley Cup at a strip club