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TIL: Moon looks reversed from Australia

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7woZ TIL that the first c-section was performed by James Barry in 1815, a surgeon with an accomplished military career, who on his deathbed in 1865 it was discovered that he was female
R5KR6 TIL Yucatan in the 1840s gained it's independence from Mexico and tried to get annexed by the United States. The bill to do so passed in the House, but failed in the Senate. By the end of the decade, Yucatan rejoined Mexico.
PGOg TIL that prior to the US dropping the atomic bombs on Japan, the US military dropped 5 million leaflets warning citizens to evacuate major Japanese cities
d8B9j TIL that in Babylonian mythology, Enli ,god of Storms and winds, flooded the world because humans were making too much noise and disturbing his sleep.
pYYAQ TIL we raise our right hand when we are sworn-in because convicts who previously recieved leniency from the court were branded on their hands so that they wouldn't receive it again