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TIL North Carolina is the one state where the law explicitly says men are allowed to finish sex even if the woman revokes consent

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Lkyr9 TIL that for the production of 'Master and Commander', Russell Crowe personally bought the violin his character plays in the film as the budget couldn't spare the expense. He later then sold the violin at auction in 2018 for $104,000.
ge88 TIL of the “Navy eReader Device”, or NeRD, an e-reader developed by the United States Navy’s General Library Program for use aboard U.S. Navy submarines
PYnWZ TIL about Polyandry, a form of polygamy in which a woman takes two or more husbands at the same time. One example of polyandry is in the Himalayan mountains, due to the scarcity of land. The marriage of all brothers in a family to the same wife allows family land to remain intact and undivided.
l7N71 TIL six-year-old Cao Qixian set a new women's world record by solving a 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube in an average time of 5.97 seconds. She became the first female ever to achieve an average time of under 6 seconds.
Oy5L TIL Using your middle initials in your name make you perceived as smarter