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TIL Crocodiles Do Not Die of Old Age

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OGyQe TIL Radium-Nutex Condoms from 1927 were marketed using the contemporary popular belief that radium, thought to cure ailments and boost energy and could enhance sexual performance. However, these condoms contained no radium.
4XblN TIL of Benjamin "Pap" Singleton, also known as Black Moses, who lead thousands of freed slaves from the South to colony towns in Kansas. These black migrants fleeing the South were known as Exodusters, named for the book Exodus in the Bible.
jmXM TIL in 1989 Flea from The Red Hot Chili Peppers wrote and played the bass line for Young MC’s “Bust a Move” and he never received a songwriting credit or any royalties from it. He was paid $200 for his studio time and the song went on to become a #1 hit and sell millions of records.
VBZ8 TIL William Shatner (Captain Kirk) is unable to do the Star Trek Vulcan Salute. Originally a hand gesture of various Jewish denominations, Shatner required fishing line to tie his fingers into the now-famous salute.
gMZ98 TIL: In 1953 when Frank Olson a bacteriologist and CIA employee fell from the window of a NYC hotel room his death was ruled suicide. >2 decades later, his family was awarded a $750K settlement as his death was tied to a top-secret government experiment and some subjects were illegally tested upon.