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

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yVeJX TIL Bats account for 20% of all mammal species worldwide.
7roBx TIL that originally (up until 1804) electors could cast two votes for two different U.S. candidates for President, and the first runner-up presidential candidate became Vice President to guard against electoral gamesmanship.
l7BNB TIL India's population is expected to peak at 1.67B in 2063 and will then start declining
Zpgna TIL that in 1962, the Italian training vessel Amerigo Vespucci was hailed by American USS Independence, who asked who they were. After Amerigo Vespucci identified itself, the USS Independence replied: "You are the most beautiful ship in the world." The compliment was repeated 60 years later.
ADEEB TIL that one of the 2 co-owners/founders of Macy's died on the Titanic, along with his wife, because he refused to board rescue ships before women and children were helped. His wife chose to stay behind because she did not want to abandon her husband, so they both died together aboard the Titanic.