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TIL the most common cause of testicular injury in the United States is being shot in the balls

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rRmNW TIL that if children trespass into your swimming pool and get hurt, you can be held liable for their injuries under the Attractive Nuisance doctrine
l7PPa TIL: that until 1990, British judges would wear a black cap while pronouncing execution sentences, and that it is still used in some ceremonies today
bYDQ TIL that in 2006, a man escaped from a US federal prison by mailing himself out
5Vv58 TIL Jeff Spangenberg, the original founder of Retro Studios (known for the Metroid Prime series) was fired by Nintendo for using the studio's servers to host a porn site.
rN1Mx TIL the chemotherapy paclitaxel (Taxol) was first isolated from the bark of the Pacific yew tree. In 1987, anti-cancer effects were seen, but harvesting bark killed the trees. Scientists then raced to (and succeeded) in synthesizing the drug. Approved in 1992, Taxol still treats many cancers today.