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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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5m18 TIL that Clint Eastwood “wore the same poncho, without ever having washed it, in all three of his ‘Man with No Name’ Westerns”
jJyE TIL There’s an alternate ending to The Lion King, where Scar defeats Simba by throwing him off Pride Rock to his apparent death. A fire then consumes Scar who stands there, laughing manically, while he burns to death. It was deemed “too dark” for a Disney film.
mMjv TIL that Sandra Bullock’s highest grossing film is Minions.
9wrrM TIL that in 2007 it was announced that U2 were involved in a project to build the U2 Tower, an apartment building in Dublin which also housed their recording studio. It would have been the tallest building in Ireland if completed but it was cancelled due to the 2008 economic downturn in the country.
LkAVp TIL researchers found a mother dolphin who adopted a young melon-headed whale; the dolphin mother nursed the whale who often pushed his "adoptive sister" away from the mother. The whale took on bottlenose behaviors such as surfing, jumping, & socializing with other young males.