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TIL the charity project prevention pays addicts $300 to go on long term birth control

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RYL1 TIL Texas Instruments has a near monopoly on the graphing calculator field, with over 90% of the sales. Due to this the base model specs and price have not changed in 10 years.
4knQN TIL There is a Condition Called Alien Hand Syndrome that Gives Your Hand a "mind of its own"
D1ydJ TIL jellyfish are related to corals. They are both part of the cnidarian family, which contains organisms with a special cell (called a nematocyst) specifically evolved for stinging. This cell is no longer used by corals, however.
OoWe1 TIL that in one egyptian myth, hathor the daughter of Ra, danced naked in front of Ra until he laughed to cure him of a fit of sulking.
OoGgL TIL of Harold Holt, the Australian prime minister in 1966-1967 that went to swim in the ocean and never came back. His body was never found and he was presumed dead