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TIL the birthing position used on movies and TV shows is the most painful type for pretty much all women. It is not typically recommended anywhere in the world.

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N108 TIL There is a 230 foot long sea organ on the coast of Croatia. The organ, designed by architect Nikola Basic has 35 tubes that make music whenever the waves crash into them.
QNlyL TIL about the Tri-State Crematory scandal. Nearly three hundred and fifty bodies that had been consigned to the crematory for proper disposition were discovered to have never been cremated
5JpB TIL that a third string catcher, Moe Berg, toured Japan with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in 1934 while working as a US spy. Berg spoke 12 languages and eventually spied on the Nazis during WWII. When presented the report to the president, Roosevelt responded “Give my regards to the catcher.”
0wGnN TIL most cities have poorer areas in the east, due to prevailing winds carrying smoke and odours that way during the industrial revolution.
ag1y TIL in 2008, Brazil made sex change surgeries free under their public health care system, ruling that sexual reassignment surgery was covered under a constitutional clause guaranteeing medical care as a basic right.