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TIL astronomer Johannes Kepler built the legal defense for his mother, when she was accused of witchcraft. The six-year trial resulted in her freedom.

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l7onV TIL That episiotomies, the intentional incision of the perineum during childbirth, was once considered routine. In the late 1970's, it was done in more than 60% of vaginal births. The procedure was discouraged by leading OBGYN groups in the 2000's, but still sometimes occurs.
eDR5 TIL that after WWII the CIA recruited Nazi war criminals, who had worked on mind control/brainwashing techniques in Germany, to assist them with their own mind control experiments on unwitting US citizens.
8ageG TIL in the 1950s there was a past-life and hypnosis craze in the U.S. that started when a hypnotized housewife began randomly speaking in an Irish brogue.
Vn1G TIL the youngest female to give birth Linda Medina was 5 years and 7 months old. In May 1939 she gave birth to a 6LB baby boy named Gerardo.
86ML TIL John Cazale (Fredo Corleone from “The Godfather”) appeared in only five films during his lifetime. All five were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Three of them won.