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TIL that in 31 states a rapist can legally be granted child custody and visitation rights to the child fathered through rape.

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wLJkJ TIL the spices mace and nutmeg are produced by the same plant
VM7Rk TIL in 1857 Charles Lockock, believing there to be a cause-effect relationship between masturbation and seizures, began to treat his patients with potassium bromide which was known to reduce sex drive. In doing so, he serendipitously discovered what would become the first drug therapy for epilepsy.
0dAxR TIL Pupil dilation from the dilating eye drops given before an eye test lasts longer in people with blue eyes than brown eyes.
jNb0M TIL Lord Byron kept a pet bear in his dormitory while studying at Cambridge.
e05JD TIL that George Lucas wanted the final trilogy to take place in a microbiotic world. It would be shown that creatures called Whills are actually what use the Force and that Jedi only communicate with Whills via their midi-chlorians. His vision for Star Wars was to teach appreciation for ecosystems.