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TIL about the "sleeping child" doctrine in North Africa stating some fetus have been made to "sleep", thereby making pregnancy longer than usual and explaining how divorced or separated women still had children from their husbands

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neZV7 TIL the oldest free public library in the English speaking world is Chetham's Library in Manchester, England. It holds more than 100,000 volumes of printed books, of which 60,000 were published before 1851.
8eAVb TIL Sunsets on Mars are blue.
8anrZ TIL: Tobacco companies spend the most money on advertising during the month of January, when more people will be attempting to quit smoking, as New Year’s resolutions.
1abkP TIL that there are 46 prescription drugs that can cause drug-induced Lupus symptoms.
lonn1 TIL in Louisiana and Oregon, a jury can convict a murder suspect with just a 10-2 vote. In Louisiana, this law came from Jim Crow. In Oregon, it's from anti-Semitism in the 30s.