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TIL the Depo Provera shot (a popular birth control) is linked to increased risk of brain tumors

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mPyE TIL that discoveries of 19th century spear points in freshly killed whales in the 90’s suggested that at least some individuals reached 200 years old.
xVVLk TIL Merle Hay died 100 years ago this month. likely the first American casualty of WW I.
W7Yv9 TIL that the Nazis funded search missions for the holy grail and other mythical objects, which were an inspiration for Indiana Jones
J1Olk TIL The temperature on the moon at the Apollo 11 landing site was 200ºF (93ºC).
woPw7 TIL Florentine politician and Machiavelli's friend Francesco Guicciardini served 3 popes over 20 years, ending up as the 2nd most powerful man in the papal states. Privately, he hated the catholic church and confided that the only reason he wasn't a Lutheran, was pure self interest