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TIL one woman has successfully performed a caesarean section on herself with only a few shots of liquor as anesthesia

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4XYZR TIL After the collapse of the Soviet Union; over 50% of the nuclear fuel used in America reactors from 1993-2013 came from demilitarized Soviet-era nukes in Russia. The program was called "Megatons to Megawatts" and over 20,000+ warheads were purchased
yQ4ya TIL that one of the key early fundraising tools for the Nazi Sturmabteilung was operating their own cigarette company.
jNppN TIL in the UK in 2018 the risk of fatality per motor vehicle mile was about one-tenth that during the 1970s
W4R4 TIL because they make over 300 million small rubber tires each year, LEGO is considered the world’s # 1 tire manufacturer
9YKmX TIL that the white flag of surrender had been adopted independently by multiple civilizations because it was often improvised from cheap fabrics on hand.