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TIL that as recently as 2000 years ago Madagascar was home to gorilla-sized lemurs … humans encountered them and they quickly died out [middle of first paragraph]

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v1ne8 TIL Gabriele Falloppio, an Italian Catholic priest and anatomist born in 1562, was the first to describe a condom and advocate its use to prevent syphilis. In an early example of a clinical trial, Falloppio reported that from a sample of 1,100 condom users, none of them contracted syphilis
vPY97 TIL about the coolest animal in the world, the Argentine Lake Duck. Being able to fly, swim, and walk on land already makes most ducks pretty cool but this guy is dragging around a 16 inch penis that they use to lasso potential mates!
QJpGk TIL the Missouri Bar has produced coloring books to inform children about the functions of the government and the function of lawyers and judges, and made them available for free.
4k99R TIL that in 2022 two Californians filed a class action lawsuit against Barilla pasta because they thought it was made in Italy. They argue they suffered financial harm because they would not have bought it if they knew it was made in the US. The combined total they spent was $6.
LkRXV TIL that poultry farming is associated with 9 times higher pancreatic cancer risk