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TIL Lysol was the best-selling method of contraception during the Great Depression because birth control was illegal in the U.S. until 1965 for married couples and 1972 for single people.

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WbBA TIL of an Irish pirate queen. Grace O'Malley became rich by “taxing” ships passing by her lands in western Ireland, killing those who resisted. She met Queen Elizabeth I but was usually a rebel against English rule in Ireland during the 1500s.
KORLR TIL that after the opening of old Parliament House, over 9 500 pies were buried in a hole behind it when the crowds were smaller than expected (Australia)
ADdww TIL when actor Dylan McDermott was born his mom was 15 and his dad 17. His parents split and his mother was later killed by a boyfriend. At 15-years-old McDermott was adopted by his father's 3rd wife, she was 23. His stepmother is Eve Ensler, who wrote The Vagina Monologues, she got him into acting.
Z878Q TIL that the U.S. Department of the Treasury accepts donations to reduce the U.S. debt, and that people actually donate
ne9x9 TIL of Lydia Litvyak, The Jewish Soviet Fighter Ace. During WWII she claimed 14 kills, trained 45 pilots, and shot down an ace who wouldn't believe a woman beat him until she described the fight. She went missing on a flight Just before she was to receive the award "Hero of the Soviet Union"