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TIL Norwegians eat less sugar today than they did in 1975
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TIL chainsaws were invented in the late 1700s for assisting in childbirth (cutting through the woman's pelvis if the baby got stuck).
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TIL that the First Lady of the United States doesn’t have to be the President’s wife; the position can be filled by his daughter, niece, or sister instead.
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TIL that a guide dog calmly led 30 people down 1,463 steps out of the World Trade Center on 9/11 despite the confusion, smoke, and noise around them. Once safe, the dog then helped a woman who was blinded by the debris.
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TIL more than 100 U.S. political leaders have ancestors who were slaveholders, including all but one living U.S. president
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TIL of George Forster, a convicted murderer who was sentenced to death in 1803 in London. His body was subject to a Galvanism experiment by Giovanni Aldini, where a current was passed through his muscles, despite being dead his face contorted and one eye even opened.