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TIL that women using birth control pills blinked 32% more often than those not using the contraception.

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JY9mj TIL about "Burusera" or the sexualized attraction to the underwear or uniforms of young women. In Japan burusera shops used to be common and schoolgirls once openly participated in the sale of their used clothing.
rpKy TIL there was a magician by the name Jasper Maskelyne who used “magic” to help against the nazis in WWII. He would hide tools and maps in everyday objects and fool the nazis by using illusions.
VBBGp TIL in 2012 a woman high on crystal meth set fire to a Swamp Cyprus tree estimated to be 3,500 years old. The tree, nicknamed The Senator, formed part of a public park where people could admire the living treasure. It did not survive the fire.
x6JM7 TIL that "Lenna", cropped from the centerfold of the November 1972 issue of Playboy depicting Lena Forsén, is a standard test image used in the field of digital image processing
8gEZ TIL Spider-Man’s black suit, which later became the basis for Venom, the Spider-Man villain, was a fan-based concept that Marvel bought for 220 dollars