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TIL that NYC approved the use of rat birth control to curb its rat population

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aWno TIL a veterinary medicine given to sick cattle accidentally killed 97% of three species and 99.9% of one species of South Asian vultures. Banned in 2006 in many Asian countries but this year it has been approved for use in Spain and Italy despite warnings about the risk.
Y7WkA TIL despite being key to the premise of Jurassic Park, scientists have been unable to extract DNA from insects fossilized in amber, even from those fossilized during the current Holocene epoch.
j6o9Q TIL in 2013, Saturday Night Live cast member Kenan Thompson refused to play any more black women on the show and demanded SNL hire black women instead.
0dm6M TIL about a man who was a medieval flatulist ( farter) who used to perform for the King Henry II every christmas. He was awareded 30 acres of land in return for his service
4rPN TIL when Google was losing a lot of female employees because they weren’t coming back to work after giving birth, Google lengthened maternity leave to 5 months from 3, and changed it from partial pay to full pay, and the amount of women who didn’t come back after maternity leave dropped by 50%.