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TIL The chainsaw was first invented to assist childbirth by sawing ligaments in a woman's pelvis

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xVyW1 TIL that in 2015, the Missionaries of Charity (founded by Mother Teresa) shut down adoptions in all 30 of its orphanages rather than comply with new Indian laws that eased the adoption process for divorced and single people.
d8gv7 TIL In the 90s the NBA Supersonics owner demanded Adam Sandler to stop playing The Chanukah Song that mentioned the team's owner to be Jewish since at the moment of composing it there was another owner. Years later after the incident a Jewish man bought the team making the song accurate again.
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