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TIL Human birth control pills work on gorillas.

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m109P TIL that there were so many 90s CARTOONS I loved!
neJOG TIL that Brokeback Mountain was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". It is currently the most recent film chosen to be in the Registry.
jN6jQ TIL when elephants are facing higher threat of poaching, they change their behavior--spending less time sleeping at night and foraging and travelling under cover of darkness.
9wgmm TIL that Günther Burstyn ("the inventor of the first tank") might have been one of the few jews who had personal meeting with and was awarded by medal with Adolf Hitler
E17B7 TIL, Naloxone, the drug they give to instantly stop a Heroin overdose, can also reduce the consumption of sweet, high-fat foods in obese binge eaters.