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

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D167j TIL that car barriers actually used to spear and vault cars in crashes. Now they are being engineered into safer forms of damage control to occupants whole also being cheaper and easier to repair.
XoGP TIL: There is a waterfall that empties into an underground river in Minnesota. The outlet has never been discovered.
PRBn TIL the city of Whynot, North Carolina has it’s name because as residents were arguing over a name for the city, some bloke stood up and said “Why not name the town Why Not and let’s go home?” And so they did.
KOegR TIL That while very drunk, the band Old Dominion had the idea to release their newest album again but remixed it with the only word being "meow" on each track. It's called the Meow Mix and after waking up the next day, they followed through with it.
5YNbR TIL of viruses that attack bacteria called ‘bacteriophages'. The term phage originates from Greek phagein, which translates as ‘to eat'. A single phage injects its genome into a bacterial cell, switching the cells' program in its favor. The host cell eventually dies, releasing about 100 new phages.