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TIL emergency contraceptives work by preventing ovulation so if your ovaries already released an egg they do nothing

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EYow TIL that the No Child Left Behind Act was responsible for canceling the TV show Reading Rainbow.
D1MLe TIL North Korea has made a single video game. "Pyongyang Racer" is a racing game reminiscent of 32-bit era graphics. It was developed by university students and published by the country's travel company
nYjW TIL of The Man Who Never Was. In 1943, a British Major’s body was found with papers detailing an upcoming attack against the Nazis in Greece. However, the Major never existed. It was a homeless man’s body planted with fake papers so the real attack on Sicily could take place with little resistance.
VMJ0Z TIL that in 1961 two nuclear bombs were dropped on North Carolina when the US bomber carrying them broke up in midair. Although neither detonated, one of the bombs was fully armed and it is unknown to this day why it failed. Each bomb had 250 times the destructive power of the one used at Hiroshima.
OGmkR TIL that half of the Earth's subsurface heat comes from radioactive decay, while the other half is still left over from when the Earth formed