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TIL: Ibuprofen relieves women’s hurt feelings, but not men’s

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LkJmQ TIL that Solitaire and Minesweeper were included with Windows to teach users how to use a mouse, not for entertainment
amPN TIL the power in our electrical grid carries a timestamp which can be traced. All digital recordings made near an electrical power source will pick up this noise and it will be embedded throughout the audio then can be used as evidence in court. DO OVER.
Z04a TIL that the ACA mandates that women’s birth control be free, but explicitly denies the same benefits to men; making tubal litigation free for women, but charging thousands for vasectomies.
MnL0 TIL that Kyoto, the former capital of Japan, just means “capital city” and Tokyo means “eastern capital”
vo5L TIL leeches really do have medicinal properties like they believed in ancient times, and are kept in hospitals to aid recovery from advanced micro­surgery, including the reattach­ment of appen­dages, skin grafts and plastic surgery.