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TIL of the case of The United States v One Package of Japanese Pessaries - a court case which legalised doctor prescribed contraception.

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a5Qy TIL that Margaret Thatcher said in 1970 “There will not be a woman prime minister in my lifetime - the male population is too prejudiced.” She became prime minister of the UK in 1979.
6BNm TIL, New Rome Ohio, a small town with 60 residents and 14 police officers, raised nearly $400,000 annually from speeding tickets.
AD6gl TIL in 2017 the real estate listing firm Zillow estimated the White House's value at $397.6 million and the monthly rent at $2.1 million.
oB6R7 TIL The Beatles' first use of studio trickery was on the first song on their first album, "I Saw Her Standing There." Their producer George Martin used an 'especially spirited' count-in from take 9 (“One, two, three, FOUR!”) and spliced it onto take 1, which was the take used on the album.
OoKbY TIL in spite of rumours of their enemity, Salieri and Mozart composed together a four-minute piece of music, that was considered lost until a copy was found in 2015