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TIL Ty Cobb debuted in center field for the Detroit Tigers, three weeks after his mother killed his father

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loPpN TIL A man tried to rob a bank after paying $500 to a wizard to make him invisible
BgJBy TIL: Cats can land on their feet thanks to their unique collarbone-less skeleton and flexible backbone, which allow them to rotate mid-air and reorient their bodies. This ability, known as the "righting reflex," is enhanced by their capacity to manipulate their moment of inertia during free-fall.
v1wor TIL that chainsaws were originally created to help with childbirth. If the baby was to large to fit through the birth canal, then the doctors had to cut parts of the pelvic bone with a chainsaw. Also, the woman that was giving birth was not given any anesthesia through this procedure.
DQerr TIL our hands and feet wrinkle in water to provide better grip on wet objects
pY5DQ TIL that Minoru Yamasaki, the architect for the World Trade Center towers, never lived to see the attacks on 9/11. He died in 1986 at the at age of 73 from stomach cancer.