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TIL that Coca Cola douches were used as contraceptives in USA in the 1950s and 60s..

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9w4Em TIL In his later years Hugh Hefner received $1 million annually for all of his Playboy shares and paid $100/year to live in the Playboy Mansion
QoQe TIL Breathing the air in Mumbai, India, for just one day is equivalent to smoking 100 cigarettes.
e0OB4 TIL the British used to call mainland Europe "The Continent." As more continental European tourists travel to England and the Americas, they push for a breakfast of pastry, fruit, and coffee they normally eat. That is why hotels serve a "Continental Breakfast." Also because it's cheap.
VM9EQ TIL the 1966 Rolling Stones song "Mother's Little Helper" was written about the hypocrisy of middle-age housewives, who often criticized the spread of drugs, but often popped prescribed pills like valium to get through the day.
E15p7 TIL American's have to pay to use the beaches (only some)