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TIL Zoos use birth control on their animals in captivity to regulate breeding.

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E1N90 TIL a Japanese teenager, Yaoya Oshichi, was tried for attempted arson in 1682. She did this because she wanted to reunite with a temple worker she met at another fire. They tried to try her as a minor, but she didn't pick up on the judge's hints to lie about her age. She was burned at the stake.
kJA8m TIL that in 2019, Lachlan Murdoch bought the ‘Chartwell Estate’ for approximately 150 million dollars. The Los Angeles based home served as the exterior shots for the mansion used by the Clampetts on the 1960s tv series ‘The Beverly Hillbillies’.
5YYgr TIL That Sir William osler was a renowned practical joker and the greatest ever diagnostician to yeild a stethoscope
yQEW8 TIL there was an official writer's guide for the original Star Trek series. The pages included story advice, character attributes ("Captain Kirk is a space-age Horatio Hornblower"), costuming ("no pockets or space suits"), Stardate calculation, and told writers to contact NASA for technical advice.
16R7V TIL Rockwall, Texas is named for a controversial, rectangular rock wall buried under the city.