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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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oZEW TIL That the brain waves of two musicians synchronize when they are performing duet.
wDlJ TIL R. Budd Dwyer, from the infamous suicide on tv video, committed suicide after claiming he had been framed and was to be convicted for taking bribes. After his suicide and further investigation, Wiliam T. Smith, who testimony was largely used for Dwyer’s conviction, admitted to lying under oath.
mx5bv TIL that a Roman goldsmith may have discovered aluminum metal 1800 years before modern chemists did, but Emperor Tiberius had the discoverer killed in order to ensure the metal would not diminish the value of his own gold and silver assets
rb5d TIL that Victoria’s Secret founder sold it for just $4m. (It’s now worth more than $5bn.) He then tried to start a children’s retail store, and went bankrupt. He jumped to his death from the Golden Gate Bridge at age 46 .
9obM TIL Harvard chose “The Wire” as curriculum material for their course on urban inequality. Many other universities offer classes in various disciplines based on the TV series, ranging from law to sociology to film studies.