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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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ADbxo TIL of King Fahd's Fountain in Saudi Arabia, the tallest fountain in the world. Reaching a height of 312m, it is taller than the London Shard, the Eiffel Tower, and the Chrysler Building.
yQZJv TIL that Americans are the most charitable people in the world. "Americans are about twice as generous in their private giving as Canadians, and 3-15 times as charitable as the residents of other developed nations. Americans also volunteer more than almost any other wealthy people."
oOlE TIL that 15% of snails that are eaten by birds survive the digestion and are found alive in their droppings. This potentially leads to the spread of snail populations.
l777a TIL Apollo astronaut and New Mexico senator Harrison Schmitt organized a cattle mutilation conference in 1979. He noted that in the last five years, in at least fifteen states animals were killed and systematically mutilated for no apparent purpose, by persons unknown
wLLZ6 TIL that "The unsuccessful self-treatment of a case of writer's block" is the shortest academic article ever: it has no words