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TIL of "Fruits of Philosophy" a 1832 book describing methods of contraceptions. Writing about an 'obscene' topic the author, physician Charles Knowlton, was prosecuted and jailed. With the book's sensetive topic it was published as a measly 3 by 2.5 inches to make it easy for women to hide

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1a5A4 TIL that there is an official world record for time traveling. It's held by cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, who has spent 803 days total in orbit around Earth. According to Einstein's theories of relativity, this would mean Sergei effectively has travelled about 0.02 seconds forward in time.
9wr7m TIL conjugal visits were originally enacted to convince black male prisoners to work harder in their manual labor and Mississippi first state to implement them in 1950. By 2024, only 4 states allow conjugal visits: California, Connecticut, New York, and Washington
9QBB TIL there is a service that lets you watch movies in your home the day they are released in theaters. Cost? $35,000 for the box, plus $500 per movie and two fingerprints
gdn8 TIL NYC was buried beneath 13km of mountain, and that pressure created extremely strong bedrock which allows for such tall skyscrapers.
OoDg TIL Because of South Park’s Scientology episode, The Church of Scientology hired people to spy on Matt and Trey to find something on them to use for blackmail. The Church became frustrated when their investigation turned up nothing but the fact that they’re pretty normal people.