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TIL that Nutella uses 25% of the worlds hazelnuts.

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4kp4g TIL 100 years ago, doctors used to treat women with "hysteria" by fingering them and producing an orgasm to make a woman sane. The vibrator was invented to relieve doctors, whose fingers were frequently cramped.
P147V TIL in 1874, Mary Rafferty came to Dr. Roberts Bartholow at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati for a lesion. The lesion was diagnosed as cancerous and surgery was attempted. Bartholow saw her lesion as terminal so decided to experiment on her exposed brain. He was condemned by his peers for this.
xVKOg TIL Baby Boomers are dying off at a rate of about 4,600 people per day
OGJb1 TIL free range chickens sleep in trees
ZNQ4 TIL that tigers can, and will, take revenge on those who have wronged them. They are one of the most vengeful animals on the planet.