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TIL Australia bans instagram users from seeing how many likes they get

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LQr9m TIL there is a vaginal sound system called the "Babypod" that pregnant women can put inside their vaginas in order for their unborn babies to listen to music and that the volume of it is limited to 54 decibels, which is about the same level as a washing machine.
M7Dj7 TIL Paraguay has a province named after former US President Rutherford B. Hayes. This is because Hayes arbitrated a large border dispute in 1878, granting the vast majority of the disputed land to Paraguay. Despite being mostly unknown in the US, Hayes is considered one of Paraguay's heroes.
XKlX TIL in 1998, Sony inadvertently released a camcorder that could see through clothes. When aimed at people wearing dark clothing, the night-vision feature created an x-ray effect, meaning what ever was beneath became visible. Sony had to recall over 700,000 units after they discovered the issue.
R5oj TIL that Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away, Totoro) was set to animate the Little Nemo movie, but left the project. This amazing test pilot still exists, though!
VBgBQ TIL Chi-Chi's caused the largest hepatitis A outbreak in U.S. history