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

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a8X9 TIL the music industry tried to sue Limewire for more money than exists in the world
6EAkl TIL the story of the Good Samaritan is not about the importance of helping people in need, but about how the people we despise can turn out to be heroes.
BrK6x TIL there is a chemical compound 1000 times hotter than capsaicin, resiniferatoxin, a naturally occurring chemical found in cacti. Ingestion can cause severe swelling, permanent loss of sensation, serious injury, or even death.
QJMeE TIL Codependency is characterized by sacrificing one’s personal needs in order to try to meet the needs of others and is associated with passivity and feelings of shame, low self-worth, or insecurity
0wKYR TIL legal scholars use the terms malum prohibitum and malum in se to distinguish between offences which are legally or morally forbidden. The former is wrong simply for rules prohibiting them whilst the latter is wrong as it is seen as an innately immoral act.