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TIL that the US Constitution still allows Congress and the President to issue and sign off on Letters of Marque, essentially allowing a private citizen to become a pirate in the name of the US

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l7onV TIL That episiotomies, the intentional incision of the perineum during childbirth, was once considered routine. In the late 1970's, it was done in more than 60% of vaginal births. The procedure was discouraged by leading OBGYN groups in the 2000's, but still sometimes occurs.
9E7D TIL French preschools serve four-course lunches (including a cheese course) to educate them in taste and stimulate their senses
wjAM TIL bats represent about 20% of all mammal species worldwide
vBYL TIL that Ice-T came out with a song called “99 problems” 11 years before Jay-Z did, and they both have the same hook
YbYA TIL in 1945, Grace Hopper traced a computer problem to a moth between the relays, then taped it up into her log book and wrote, “First actual case of a bug being found.” This popularized the terms “bug” and “debug” and her log book is now stored within the Smithsonian.