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TIL Chainsaws were originally invented to saw through the pelvic bones of women during childbirth

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yVBde TIL that the children’s choir in “Another Brick in the Wall” was paid with a concert ticket, an album, and a single; their school received £1,000. Only 25 years later, after the copyright law changed and the choir members were tracked down, did they receive royalties.
aw1oN TIL that John Rhys-Davies (also Gimli in Lord of the Rings) is the original voice actor for Man Ray in early seasons of Spongebob Squarepants
Lgov TIL Michael C. Hall wore a wig for season 5 of Dexter because of hair loss due to chemotherapy for his Hodgkins Lymphoma
9wB67 TIL that Americans often abbreviate electrocardiogram as “EKG” because German physicians were early pioneers in the field, and the German word for the procedure is Elektrokardiogramm.
kJj87 TIL that the Chinese national anthem changed after Mao's death