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78wXx TIL that Connecticut banned the use of any contraception for married couples until 1965
MenG7 TIL that for some reason Chinese media has explicitly banned the phrase “green tea bitch”
N7AJ8 TIL the "Cardinal King" Henry the Chaste of Portugal never expected the throne, as he was an elderly man vowed to celibacy, doomed without successors. He attempted to resign the clergy to produce an heir, but Spain pressured the pope to deny him. When Henry died, Spain annexed Portugal for 60 years
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