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TIL Human birth control pills work on gorillas.

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xjEg TIL that a blackberry has only one calorie.
LmPV TIL that there is a place in outback Australia where New Year’s Eve occurs thrice every year due to the intersection of 3 timezones.
7gwM TIL that the Los Angeles Police Department changed the rank of “inspector” to be called “commander” because “senior officers voiced a preference for the more military-sounding rank”
BrwlW TIL that term "laser" originated as an acronym for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation".
QNJBp TIL that the San Francisco restaurant Casa Sanchez closed in 2012, but people who got free tacos for life because they got tattooed with their logo can get free pupusas from the restaurant that took over their lease