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TIL Hitler saved 1 Jew from the Holocaust: a doctor who treated his mother for cancer

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e0plJ TIL there is a hormone called "Relaxin" that Relaxes pelvic ligaments to help with pregnancy.
17OD TIL the “breathing fluid” from the film The Abyss is real and was successfully tested on a human.
ep4rg TIL the Iroquois had many official Thanksgivings including Midwinter Thanksgiving, the Maple or Sugar-Making Thanksgiving, the Raspberry Thanksgiving, the Strawberry Thanksgiving, the Corn Planting, the Corn Hoeing, and the Complete Thanksgiving for the Harvest
Mex9K TIL the helicopter that crashed during the Bin Laden raid did so because in the training exercises, they used a chain fence, rather than a solid wall like what surrounded the real compound. The solid wall meant heat got trapped and rose up, causing the helicopter to have different flight properties.
XEmbk TIL that studies have shown that organic food is worse for the environment than non-organic, and is unsustainable due to its higher land use requirements