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TIL The English word “Fart” is one of the oldest words in the English vocabulary

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aL8A TIL that in 2000 a paediatrician was driven from her home in Wales when local “vigilantes” confused her job title with “paedophile”.
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0dZNv TIL that pregnancies at the age of 35+ are considered "geriatric pregnancies."
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