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TIL men are advised not to father children until six months after they stop using grisovin (active ingredient griseofulvin) as it may cause abnormalities in sperm cells

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M7OA7 TIL that electricity flows around copper wires, not through them.
X6jk TIL in 1993 a Missouri man purposely damaged a levee on the Mississippi river to delay his wife coming home from work so he could party. Instead the river flooded 14,000 acres. He was later arrested and convicted of causing a catastrophe and sentenced to life in prison.
6Va7 TIL that students with the highest GPAs score lowest on measures of creativity and independence, and highest on measures of punctuality, delay of gratification, predictability and dependability.
wL8VP TIL Hawaii's public education system began in 1841 and is the oldest in the U.S. west of the Mississippi. When the kingdom was overthrown it became illegal to teach the Hawaiian language, teachers were punished for speaking Hawaiian at school. It wasn't until 1978 that the state made it mandatory.
neW6P TIL Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447