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TIL the german word for contraceptive pills is ‘antibabypille’

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QlG9 TIL programmer Clint Curtis testified under oath that voting machine source code was used to manipulate elections.
oZ9W TIL that a woman once sued WalMart for 2 cents and won.
P06e TIL just as the ribbon was about to be cut on the Sydney harbour bridge, a man in military uniform rode up on a horse, slashing the ribbon with his sword and opening it in the name of the people of New South Wales before the official ceremony began. He was promptly arrested.
6EMA8 TIL sea otters have the densest fur in the world, with around 140,000 hairs per sq cm
BrW8y TIL that when Steve-o was 13, his dad was a top executive at Nabisco and challenged Steve-o to do better than his corporate box seats at a Motley Crue concert. Steve-o managed to track down the band in Toronto and get backstage passes.