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TIL a pregnant belly can explode.

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7wvZ TIL that an adult attracted to teens is an ephebophile not a pedophile
yQ1OX TIL Elephants were used as combat in wars as late as the 1890’s and continued to be used in non-combat roles all the way up to the Vietnam War
6rdX TIL a 61 year old potato farmer won the inaugural Westfield Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon, a distance of 875 kilometres (544 mi). Almost two days faster than the previous record for any run between Sydney and Melbourne.
W7QJd TIL that the law of the Mongol Empire was never made public
6Dnw TIL Starting in 1945, more than 8,000 Dutch people have adopted the grave of an American WWII soldier buried at Margraten, Netherlands. They visit regularly with flowers and graves are passed to the next generation. There is a waiting list to adopt a grave.