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TIL Monaco has an unemployment rate of 0%

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61j7 TIL the title Ms. was introduced by the Feminist movement in the 1960’s by women who felt that they should be known for something other than who they were married to
yV5DV TIL that in 2013 the United States government technically sued a Mongolian Tyrannosaurus Bataar skeleton
VMgR8 TIL that 'Moron', 'Idiot', and 'Imbecile' were once valid Psychology terms for people with low IQ. When these terms entered vernacular usage as insults, they were disused in favor of 'Mental Retardation' which in turn was disused in favor of 'Intellectual Disability'.
1aPKO TIL the original rabbit vibrator was created in 1984. The company responsible for it made all it's products in Japan where they used cute animal designs to get around obscenity laws there. The rabbit design allows this vibrator to stimulate both the clitoris and the vagina.
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