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TIL sucking on your SO's (F) nipples can cause irregularities in periods and is also a method of (extremely unreliable) contraception. Sucking on the nipple releases the hormone prolactin, which causes the brain/body to think there is already an suckling infant and will try to delay the next.

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e0ZL6 TIL a Russian lab housing biological weapons and pathogens accidentally released a deadly anthrax strain in 1979, killing an unknown number of people. The lab is still active.
4deg TIL the upside-down ketchup bottle earned its inventor 13 million dollars.
worLP TIL: about the African Free School founded by members of the New York Manumission Society including: Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and Noah Webster.
rR9mM TIL about Otto, an octopus that was able to climb onto the rim of his tank, squirt a jet of water to a bright light shining into his aquarium and cause a power outage. Staff believe that Otto had been annoyed by the lamp
gMwWX TIL the only "Nintendo PlayStation" ever publicly auctioned has sold for $300,000 (£230,700).The ultra-rare prototype was the offspring of a short-lived collaboration between Nintendo and Sony, and was supposed to add CD-ROM support to the Super Nintendo.