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TIL: you can buy smart condoms that track your “performance”

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9jQG TIL when Yuri Gagarin was a child, he and his family had to live in a 10ft x 10ft mud hut for 21 months after Nazis occupied their farm and home. He later grew up to become the first human in space.
7R97 TIL Chess Masters and Grand Masters often supplement their incomes by teaching via Skype.
awPlo TIL: According to the American Sleep Apnea Association "We should feel refreshed and alert upon awakening and not need a day time nap to get us through the day"
GARpj TIL that Quasimodo in the novel "The Hunchback of Notre Dame of Paris" by Victor Hugo got his name from the Latin liturgical name for the Sunday after Easter, the day he was found.
b6vB7 TIL Captive male orcas have a 80-90% rate of dorsal fin collapse, the rate for wild orcas has been estimated at <1-23%. The main causes put forward are the change in diet, the lack of activity, and excessive time at the surface. Excessive surface time also causes sunburns and cataracts.