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TIL Earlier mammals like cats, rabbits, and ferrets experience endocrine changes during mating - usually from clitoral stimulation during intercourse - that induce ovulation. In humans, orgasms lead to similar endocrine changes but are not required for ovulation.

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ANQMd Today I learned melons come in fun size. I had no clue it was a thing! When I got one in my food box this week, it said they are good for 0 waste. The greenhouse that supplies them claim they appeal to kids and make great snacks, since they’re pocket sized.
Z8ZD TIL Bush’s African Aids program spends 2/3 of the money on abstinence only programs, will only give condoms to “high risk” groups, won’t support clean needles and while saving lives it could have saved millions more.
9OWQ TIL the first thing ever bought and sold across the Internet was a bag of marijuana. In 1971 or 1972, students at Stanford University’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory used ARPANET—the earliest iteration of the Internet—to arrange a marijuana deal with their counterparts at the MIT
epeV5 TIL The Swedish version of the Survivor reality show is called Robinson. The name alludes to both Robinson Crusoe and The Swiss Family Robinson, two stories featuring people marooned by shipwrecks.
D6rg TIL that a failed coup lead by pilots of King’s Hassan II of Morocco attacked his Boeing 727 jetliner using four Northrop F-5 jets. Damaging the fuselage, the king himself grabbed the radio and shouted “Stop firing! The tyrant is dead!” Fooling the rebel pilots to break off their attack.