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TIL that music helps people with their focus perinatal stress and other psychological discoordination in their life

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OGV6 TIL that in the 60s, General Electric designed a system that could bring an astronaut from orbit to the Earth’s surface in an emergency. The system consisted of a plastic bag that would be filled with polyurethane foam, a small deorbit rocket, and a parachute. It could fit into a suitcase.
x5Ew TIL in the United States, more Frisbee discs are sold each year than baseballs, basketballs, and footballs combined.
KORb9 TIL the shape of the letter M is derived from the hieroglyphic for water, hence the similarity of ripples
Oo5DY TIL that unnatural hair colors, including blue and purple, were briefly popular around 1913-14, but fell out of fashion when WWI broke out
grMe8 TIL that uterus transplantations are possible. For instance, in 2019 two births took place in Germany after a successful transplantation. The receiving women suffered from a syndrome called Müllerian agenesis and were born without a vaginal tract.