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Til that a pregnant 20 year old women has a 1 in 2000 chance of her baby having Down syndrome, a 45 year old woman 1 in 30, a 49 year old 1 in 10.

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PY88L TIL deer can be very destructive to your garden and because they hate the smell of human hair, you can use it as a deterrent (deerterrent).
Z8NMR TIL the united states staged a WWII campaign in Tokyo which involved firebombing highly populated areas in order to pressure Japan into surrender. The death toll was greater than that of the atomic bomb in Nagasaki. The attacks are considered the most deadly bombing attacks in history.
B0kW TIL the “clicking” and “tsking” in African tribe languages was used as hunting tools thousands of years ago, as the clicking was quiet enough to be communicated without alerting the prey.
OGV87 TIL that Canadians play a modified version of “American Football” with a 110-yard field that is wider and still has the fieldgoal post at the goal line (NFL moved in back in the 1970s)
5oQB TIL John Swartzwelder, a contributor to The Simpsons, liked writing and chainsmoking in a coffee shop so much that when California banned smoking in public places, he simply purchased his regular booth, installed it in his home, and continued his work as if nothing had changed.