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TIL In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) literally means "fertilization in glass" (i.e., in a test tube!)

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MeBDV TIL: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas authored a legal opinion that no other Justice signed on to arguing that the 1st Amendment should not protect anyone under 18 or non-citizens.
VMR6B TIL : In France asking the race of a person is forbidden in most contexts (census, employment, university, ...) and statistics based on race are forbidden.
160nO TIL Harrison Ruffin Tyler is the (living) person with the oldest father. His dad was born in 1853.
yQoEX TIL The Nazis produced a film inside the Theresienstadt concentration camp to falsely show the International Red Cross that the inmates were being treated humanely, the camp was 'beautified' and wholesome activities were staged. After filming, most of the actors where sent to Auschwitz and executed.
YpGav TIL Shanghai was China’s most international and modern city, and the first president Sun Yat Sen lived in a Western-style house in a large self-governing British-run district. Influential Chinese and foreigners lived in the International Settlement and the area still looks Western