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TIL the oldest object in England’s Crown Jewels is a spoon

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awn5b TIL that at one point, Pepsi was the 6th largest military power in the world.
VDlG TIL in 1955 a woman in Morocco went into labor, and needed a c-section. Terrified of the surgery she fled the hospital and never gave birth. 46 years later, stomach pains revealed the now calcified ‘stone’ baby in her womb.
mANy TIL that California’s official state animal is extinct.
Z8nMD TIL Michael Keaton's first appearance in TV was in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, where he also served as a full-time production assistant.
PY9ng TIL that in Japan, letting a sumo wrestler make your baby cry is considered good luck.