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TIL There is a patent on file for delivering babies by yeeting them. Strap the pregnant mother on a circular table, spin that sucker, hope that you manage to catch the baby, I guess

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l7KEr TIL Sean Bean had the script taped to his knee during the filming of the Council of Elrond scene in Fellowship of the Ring. That's why he looks down so frequently.
0wOBL TIL about Memory of Mankind, a sophisticated time capsule project in Austria designed to last a million years. The designers made a system for the capsule to be discovered by a future society and even planned for the possibility of it being discovered by alien life.
KOlnJ TIL that Prince Charles has been heir to the British throne for 67 years, making him the oldest and longest-serving heir in British history.
Amgw TIL: “Generational Curses” may be a real thing. There was a study where mice were given a small shock to the foot at the same time as the smell of acetophenone. After 10 days, they mated. The children mice inherited a fear of the odor even though they had never been exposed to it before.
NXLDQ TIL that LIFE Magazine once printed a guide on "how to tell Japs from the Chinese"