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TIL that multiple male contraceptives have already been developed and are ready for use in humans. But pharmaceutical companies are refusing to invest in clinical trials because they do not think there is enough of a market.

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kOrrE TIL The last adult head of state during WW2, King Michael of Romania, died under a year ago. He met Hitler multiple times and is credited of shorting WW2 by about 6 months by ousting its fascist dictator in 1944.
DZPj TIL that in 1996, the legislature of New Mexico adopted an official state question: “Red or green?” It refers to the question always asked whether one prefers red or green chile when ordering New Mexican cuisine.
JYbl1 TIL that Stalin’s granddaughter is a punk hippie Buddhist who runs an antique shop in Portland
awP9 TIL each side of a beach towel serves a different purpose
mxmPE TIL that the King Crab is not a crab at all but evolved to resemble one via carcinisation.