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AErB TIL that some women have orgasms during childbirth.
P147V TIL in 1874, Mary Rafferty came to Dr. Roberts Bartholow at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati for a lesion. The lesion was diagnosed as cancerous and surgery was attempted. Bartholow saw her lesion as terminal so decided to experiment on her exposed brain. He was condemned by his peers for this.
a8VxZ TIL Australian band, Men At Work were sued over their song "Down Under" for similarities to an Australian nursery rhyme "Kookaburra".
5Zjr TIL that most toilets in Hong Kong are flushed with seawater in order to conserves the city’s scarce freshwater resources
oro TIL of a seeing-eye goose that leads around a blind dog.