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TIL a full-on naval battle was fought in Lake Erie between the US and Britain

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joAE TIL that in 1847, when anaesthetic was used for the first time in childbirth, the mother was so amazed and relieved at how painless the birth was that she named her child Anaesthesia.
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w5a7 TIL that the US Supreme Court building has a basketball court on the top floor known as “The Highest Court in the Land”
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