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TIL lionesses can receive birth control implants. Zoos do this so the lions can be social in their pride without the risk of cubs.

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R7Yxj TIL in 2018, a record 151,964 Americans died due to alcohol, drugs or suicide. These so-called "deaths of despair" disproportionately affect people who don't have access to mental health services.
W7awo TIL Eugene Ely is credited with the first take off and landing on a naval vessel. In a Curtiss Model D, on Nov, 14 1910, He took off from a temporary deck on the cruiser, USS Birmingham CL-2. In the same aircraft, on Jan, 18 1911, He landed on the temp deck of the cruiser, USS Pennsylvania ACR-4.
D19OJ TIL about the Mako Mori Test, an improved version of the Bechdel test which examines whether or not a work of fiction includes at least one female character with her own narrative arc which does not exist to support the narrative arc of a male character.
NQBe TIL that a man cut his own head off with a chainsaw in protest of being forced out of his home by the government.
BgmL TIL that Volkswagen was once the most valuable company in the world - for exactly one day.