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TIL the oldest known Earth rock was not discovered on Earth, but was a meteorite found on the moon

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b9jnE TIL about Twilight sleep, a procedure used for labor in the early 1900s. Women were drugged, restrained in a dark room with gauze on their eyes and ears plugged. The purpose of the drugs was to cause the women to forget the childbirth, not prevent pain, as they were still conscience the whole time.
1a5kO TIL there was a Black samurai named Yasuke who fought alongside Oda Nobunaga, the first unifier of Japan
1vGO TIL In South Park’s first season’s, when high-profile celebs offered to be on the show, Parker and Stone purposefully gave them small, non-speaking parts. Jerry Seinfeld withdrew his offer to be on the show when he was given the role of Turkey #2 in the Thanksgiving episode.
JEk TIL more people are bitten by New Yorkers each year than sharks.
N79mJ TIL "Bridget Loves Bernie" was the #5 TV show of the 1972-73 season but was canceled after one year due to the controversy of its story of a wealthy Catholic girl marrying a Jewish cab driver. It was the highest-rated show ever to be canceled after one year.