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TIL In 1965 a machine was patented to deliver a baby using centrifugal force. The machine would spin you until the baby came out, and it would be caught in a net.

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yQJoX TIL that the probability of having a doppelganger (non-biologically related look-alike or double of a living person) is only one in a trillion, or almost zero. This makes it highly unlikely for any person to actually have a doppelganger, according to this University of Adelaide research.
R0L8 TIL 6 Corporations Control 90% Of The Media In America
XE84j TIL that chocolate milk is actually more nutritious than orange juice.
6EERQ TIL that when The united states was facing the threat of secession, Lincoln's Secretary of State (William H. Seward) suggested Lincoln to provoke a war with one of the major powers of Europe, France, Great Britain or even Spain, in order to unite the country.
W16d TIL In Switzerland, Rabies has been virtually eradicated after scientists placed chicken heads laced with a vaccine in the Swiss Alps. The foxes of Switzerland, proven to be the main source of rabies in the country, ate the chicken heads and immunized themselves.