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TIL chainsaws were invented for childbirth.

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mxaNM TIL On May 20, 1989, Martial Law was declared in Tiananmen Square as its citizens demanded political reform. Just over a month into these protests, soldiers and officers stormed the Square while firing live rounds. The event is commonly referred to as June Fourth Massacre and June Fourth Crackdown.
j67nE TIL about the Loggerhead shrike, or butcherbird, a small carnivorous bird which impales its prey on spikes for easier consumption and to store to eat later.
eVgb TIL Joseph ‘LA’ Hayward, The second Grand Wizard of the KKK, was a Homosexual and he and his partner were lynched after he admitted it.
R5laQ TIL: the actor that played the mailman in Cheers is 4th in all time box office returns amongst actors
neEAW TIL: Japan has one of the highest cremation rates in the world with the country reporting a cremation rate of 99.97%.