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TIL the german word for contraceptive pills is ‘antibabypille’

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w4EP TIL in Hamburg, Germany, there is a Food Additives Museum dedicated to the emulsifiers, stabilizers, dyes, thickeners, preservatives, and flavorings in our everyday foods. The exhibits explains the history and current landscape of food additives in an informational rather than political way.
b9xXN TIL animal life in Chernobyl is thriving, not because the radiation is gone, there’s still a lot of it, but because there’s barely any humans living in that area.
YAod TIL that GM and Ford each pay their CEOs about as much as the total combined salaries of Toyota’s entire executive team.
ZpZbo TIL the winner of the 1994 Academy Award for Set Direction for the movie Schindler's List was named Ewa Braun.
Y81G TIL of PETERS v. FIREMEN INSURANCE CO: man gives woman herpes, she sues him, he claims that since he used his boat to foster romance and sexual conduct the company that insured his boat should provide coverage because they were suppose to cover incidents resulting from his use of the boat.