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TIL the german word for contraceptive pills is ‘antibabypille’

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EgKMw TIL that persistent, long term cannabis use can lead to CHS, one of the symptoms of which is "scromiting."
16QMD TIL in 2016, an Oregon man essentially dissolved inside a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming after he accidentally fell into it.
Zp9Gp TIL that in 2018 a framed painting by Banksy was sold at auction for over a million pounds. As the gavel fell an alarm sounded and a shredder concealed in the picture frame turned on and began to shred the painting. The buyer went through with the purchase.
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