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TIL the birth control pill used to be known as the "red pill"

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Wk81B TIL: More than 60 billion chickens are killed for consumption annually and in 1950, the average American consumed 20 pounds of chicken per year, but 92.2 pounds in 2017.
VBAnQ TIL that Bruce Springsteen originally wrote his 1984 song "Cover Me" for famed disco singer Donna Summer, but Springsteen’s manager Jon Landau decided the song had hit potential, and instead kept it for Springsteen’s album, "Born in the U.S.A". The song was later certified Gold in the U.S.A.
DMmp TIL The Grasshopper Mouse is a predatory mouse that feeds on scorpions. They are resistant to venom and are able to tolerate being stung in the face multiple times because they can temporarily block their pain receptors.
N7KBJ TIL That Spaceballs was originally going to be titled Planet Moron, but was changed when a film titled Morons from Outer Space was released; Spaceballs, despite the assumed innuendo, was a result of needing “space” in the title and Brooks considering it one of his trademark “screwball” comedies.
LQkWm TIL that otters have skin pockets. Where they keep their favourite rocks.