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TIL that the ACA mandates that women’s birth control be free, but explicitly denies the same benefits to men; making tubal litigation free for women, but charging thousands for vasectomies.

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pwke TIL that round goldfish bowls are banned in Monza (Italy), because ‘a fish kept in a bowl has a distorted view of reality’.
a8gMZ TIL in Sept 2023 a grand jury indicted Duane Davis for the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur. He allegedly planned and ordered the hit in retaliation for his late nephew, Orlando Anderson, being beaten in a casino earlier that night. He's reportedly the last surviving participant of Shakur's murder.
b6Y19 TIL the Mona Lisa has its own mailbox in which the painting receives fan mail and flowers addressed to it.
X00Q6 TIL staff at the U.S Securities and Commissions Exchange (SEC) spent up to 8 hours a day watching porn even as the economy was collapsing during the 2008 financial crisis
9wk8B TIL there's a 17th century printing of the Bible that's referred to as "The Wicked Bible" because it contains the misprint "Thou shalt commit adultery."