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TIL Chainsaws were developed to aid in childbirth

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xVxyD TIL in 1714, 2 gunships fought for 14 hours, before one ran out of ammunition. The captain messaged his opponent, thanking him for a fine duel, and asking for more ammunition, so that the fight could continue. His opponent refused, but they then agreed to sail away in opposite directions.
X0Jjr TIL the body of famed Spanish playwright Federico Garcia Lorca has never been found, despite years of searching.
lalV TIL in 1961, India declared a surprise war on Portugal, annexing lands held for 450 years
LQOn0 TIL that Mark DeFriest, known as the Houdini of Florida, is a prisoner in the Florida State Prison. His original four-year sentence has since developed into 34 years for 13 escape attempts, 7 of them successful, and hundreds of disciplinary reports.
mxKlO TIL Dr. Robert Lopez, a vet, suspected a connection between cat ear mites and a child's rash, experimenting by transferring them into his left ear. "I heard scratching sounds... as the mites began to explore my ear canal." He repeated the experiment twice, and won the Ig Nobel Prize in entomology.