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TIL that there is a surge of vasectomies in March so the recovery time will sync up with March Madness

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0d1JM TIL in 1831 four countries claimed a new island in the Mediterranean that disappeared again only six months later
8apwa TIL Archduke Franz Ferdinand's marriage was morganatic, and so his wife could only be honored as royalty during military inspections, which he did many of out of love for his wife. He and his wife were eventually assassinated while making a military inspection, which started WWW1 (and led to WW2).
E1pKw TIL a Japanese zoo unsuccessfully tried to mate a pair of hyenas for four years before realizing both were males.
D1RpP TIL that in 1998, after analyzing the United States' real estate cycle, Georgist economist Fred Foldvary correctly predicted that there would be a recession-causing crash in the housing market in 2008.
VBKn4 TIL that India's name is based on Indus River which flows through Pakistan.