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TIL human eggs are visible to the naked eye.

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OoAng TIL Viagra (sildenafil, the compound) was originally developed for the treatment of high blood pressure and chest pain due to heart disease. During the clinical trials, researchers discovered that the drug actually way more effective at inducing erections. In 1999, Pfizer sold 1bn$ worth of Viagra.
VBX1D TIL in a cave near Nazareth, archeologists found a skeleton of a 13 year old boy with with deer horns that had been placed on his chest. The cave was dated to be around 92,000 years old.
7gNL TIL that Canola is made from Rapeseed. Wanting to avoid the negative connotation of the word ‘rape’ the Rapeseed Association of Canada coined the new name from Canada (Can) and Oil (Ola).
4kDwo TIL Thomas Jefferson included a passage attacking slavery in the Declaration of Independence, but South Carolina, Georgia, and Northern delegates who represented merchants who were actively involved in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade blocked it
4kZ8N TIL the US Dept of Transportation values a human life at 13.7 million dollars in a statistical sense, when evaluating potential safety standards.