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TIL about Ines Ramirez Perez, who performed her own C-Section. Both she and her baby survived!

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ANKva TIL in 1998, the FBI sought to extract DNA from the cigarette butts smoked in 1971 by the unidentified airline hijacker known only as D.B. Cooper, but discovered the butts had been destroyed while in the custody of the Las Vegas field office.
x5oD TIL that there are fridges full of free beer scattered throughout Europe that will only open for Canadians.
OgJR TIL prohibition era grape juice mix came with a warning: “After dissolving the brick in a gallon of water, do not place the liquid in a jug away in the cupboard for twenty days, because then it would turn into wine”
a8JmM TIL Andrew Carnegie became one of the richest Americans in history before donating most of his wealth to charity. However, at his childhood job in the mid-1800s, he earned only $1.20 for 72 working hours. In 2023 dollars, Carnegie earned around $46 per week or 63 cents/hour.
d85Xj TIL that the world’s last Feudal Lord saved her tiny island from WWII German invaders by etiquette, snobbery, and a lot of pluck