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TIL Women used Lysol as birth control. By 1911 doctors had recorded 193 Lysol poisonings and five deaths from uterine irrigation.

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XEYNX TIL Cebu City is the busiest sea port in the Philippines and was also once a bustling commercial hub between Mexico and China. However, almost none of its long coastline contains beaches and it is instead occupied by industry, ports, slums and marshlands
K7ZB TIL Tom Petty escaped death as well as saved his wife and 5 year old daughter when an arsonist tried to set his house on fire. He later wrote “I Won’t Back Down” which was inspired by the experience.
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