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TIL that Plan B, the emergency contraceptive, is less effective in women weighing 165 lbs or more and virtually non effective in women weighing more than 175 lbs

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b9KYQ TIL the German peasents war (1524-1525) was a widespread popular revolt in some German-speaking areas in Central Europe. It failed because of intense opposition from the aristocracy, who slaughtered up to 100,000 of the 300,000 poorly armed peasants and farmers
VBRRG TIL that horses went extinct in North America about 10,000 years ago. They were then reintroduced to the continent by the Spanish as early as the 1550s.
x6oRw Today I learned the first vasectomy on record was performed on a dog in 1823.
4Xayb TIL that the Philippines was under American rule. Spain ceded the Philippines to America for $20 million.
j4n Til In the movie The Fifth Element, the hero (Bruce Willis) and the villain (Gary Oldman) never meet, nor do they communicate in any way.