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TIL that under anti-discrimination laws, bartenders cannot legally refuse serving alcohol to pregnant women

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eyDg TIL that four teenage girls lied to have an innocent man convicted of murdering a child. They never apologised, claiming they did it “for a laugh”.
0avR TIL the first surgery to establish surgery as a respectable branch of medicine was performed on King Louis XIV’s anal fistula
yQ6xV TIL that Vivendi (the media conglomerate that owns Universal Music Group, Dailymotion, Gameloft, etc.) was founded by decree of emperor Napoleon III in 1853 as a water supply company.
gVB9 TIL Ben and Jerry’s have an actual cemetery for discontinued flavors of ice cream!
mxmLv TIL Elephants risk their lives to mine a cave in an extinct volcano in Kenya. The rock has 100 times more sodium than what they normally eat, as well as being rich in potassium and calcium. They dig with their tusks, grind it and swallow it. The bones of those who didn't make it line the trail.