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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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d8epj TIL that the submarine resembling a Lotus Espirit, from the Bond film The Spy who Loved Me, went unclaimed for 10 years in a prepaid storage unit. When its lease ran out, a buyer bought the unit for less than $100, including the submarine. In 2013, the submarine was sold at auction for £550,000.
neQlP TIL that the Montezuma Castle National Monument in Arizona was named by white settlers who assumed the Aztecs were responsible for all archeological sites but it turns out the monument has nothing to do with Montezuma or the Aztecs and yet no one bothered to rename it.
pY5eA TIL an estimated 400,000 children were fathered by occupying forces in Germany during World War II.
d8NvK TIL that Charles Kelman, a pioneer of phacoemulsification, a modern cataract surgery method, was also a successful jazz musician, entertainer and Broadway producer. He regularly appeared on TV shows in the 70's and 80's in part to promote his surgical innovations.
M7kZW TIL Austria added chains to their national coat of arms' bird after 1945 to symbolize the end of German occupation