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TIL scar ectopic pregnancies can happen in Caesarean section scars and are increasing in incidence

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VMLbQ TIL that in the movie Noah's Ark, filmed in 1928, the flood scene at the movie's climax was created by actually dumping 600,000 gallons of water onto the set. Three extras drowned and many suffered broken bones. This led to the introduction of safety regulations for movie stunts in 1929.
5YlnD TIL: In 1209, a student of Oxford University apparently killed a woman and fled. In retaliation, the townspeople hanged three students. The school suspended operations and the faculty all feared the mob. Many of the facility then moved to Cambridge and founded a new university there.
8adyb TIL that Doane Robinson, the historian who came up with the idea for Mount Rushmore, initially didn't want it to feature former presidents. Robinson wanted sculptures of Lewis and Clark, Buffalo Bill Cody, Chief Red Cloud and other Sioux warriors but the sculptor refused to focus on regional heroes
jNPma TIL many defense lawyers make their clients wear glasses, because it makes them look smarter, more honest and less capable of committing crimes.
nWV6Y TIL that heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath have played with some of the most iconic vocalists in rock history, including Ozzy Osbourne, Ronnie James Dio (Dio, Rainbow), Ian Gillan (Deep Purple), Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple) and Rob Halford (Judas Priest).