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TIL of abortion doping, the practice of purposefully inducing pregnancy for athletic performance-enhancing benefits, then aborting the unwanted pregnancy.

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9w11M TIL of Oscar Smith a 19 year old man who died in a horse diving tragedy in San Antonio, TX in 1907 at "Doc” Carver's "The Great Carver show" which Carver disputed was a heart attack not a kick from the horse as they both dove into the pool.
QNJVL TIL:Forest glass was produced in northwestern and central Europe from approximately 1000–1700 AD using wood ash and sand as the main raw materials and made in factories known as glasshouses.
JYEAB Today I learned seagulls can live for up to 30 years
BgeOb TIL The USA boycotted the 1980 summer olympics because it was held in Moscow
ro5e TIL that former general David Petraeus was accidentally shot in the chest with an M-16 rifle. The hospital released him early after he did fifty push-ups without resting, just a few days after the accident.