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TIL that chainsaws were invented for childbirth
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TIL that in the 16th century, prestigious mathematics professorships could be “won” by defeating the current professor in a public algebra competition
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TIL that the world's highest calibre handgun is the Pfeifer-Zeliska .600 Nitro Express Revolver, which fires a bullet that's 15,2 mm (0,62 inch) in diameter. The gun cost över $15 000 and each bullet costs $40.
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TIL that plantation owners from South Carolina paid a higher price for slaves the came from Gambia and Sierra Leon because these blacks knew how to grow rice and could show their slavemasters the process.
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TIL Jerry Lewis never wore the same pair of socks twice. He would wear two or three brand-new pairs of sweat socks every day, going through up to 1000 pairs a year since the early 1950s. They were inexpensive and he paid retail. After wearing them once they were donated to orphanages or boys' homes.
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TIL that dandelions can be used to produce rubber. Car tires made from dandelions are in development.