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TIL The third leading cause of death for pregnant women is homicide

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x6Q5b TIL the song Baby Blue, released in the 70s, experienced a resurgence of popularity in 2013 when it was featured in Breaking Bad's final episode. Online streams increased in popularity immediately after the broadcast; and the song subsequently charted in the UK for the first time at No. 73.
JydV TIL the word “avocado” comes from the Nahuatl word āhuacatl meaning “testicle” because of the likeness between the fruit hanging on the tree and the bodypart.
b9xEj TIL that Tic Tacs actually have sugar in them, but because the serving size (1 tic tac) weighs less than 0.5 grams, the amount of sugar rounds to zero.
gMjwD TIL in 1857 Senator James Hammond, representative of South Carolina, released a manual of breastfeeding rules for enslaved women. The manual regulated time spent breastfeeding and rigidly set weaning schedules. The women were forced to nurse the children of their owners as well as other babies.
Wk7KB TIL that Balthasar Gérard, assassin of William I of Orange (ancestor of the Dutch monarchy) received a torture and execution that was gruesome even by the standards of his time. Part of the execution decree stated that "his heart should be torn from his bosom and flung in his face."