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TIL- Even 4-year-olds dislike freeloaders

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J1vBB TIL Chainsaws were originally invented to saw through the pelvic bones of women during childbirth
mxJrP TIL the world isn’t getting worse entirely. The world has greater access to water, electricity, and food, and female education has increased from 65% to 90% from 1970 to 2015. It’s difficult to feel positive in the world sometimes. This cheered me up a little.
p8GoQ TIL that the mayor of a South Carolina town barred the researchers who exposed the Flint, Michigan water problem from testing his own city's wells, even after they found high levels of lead in thousands of residential home tests.
5YMBD TIL the Italian container ship “Grande America”, carrying 2,000+ cars, sank after a fire broke out along with 4 Porsche 911 GT2 RS's, their fastest production model limited to 1,000 units. All 27 crew members were able to evacuate and Porsche restarted production to make 4 more to fill the orders
l7Yl1 TIL Sea kelp, the largest species of seaweed, reproduces with sperm and an egg.