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TIL that up until the 1960′s, the only reliable pregnancy test was to inject a woman’s urine into a female African clawed frog. If the woman was pregnant, the frog would ovulate within 12 hours.

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j610p TIL that the root of the word hysteria is the Greek hystera, meaning uterus, since it was believed that madness and ungovernable emotions were caused by either the wandering or the suffocation of the uterus in the body of a woman
90em TIL NYC rents have increased 75% since 2000, while median income has decreased 5%
xVoL1 TIL Coca-Cola was accused of hiring hitmen from a prominent paramilitary group between 1990 and 2002 to kill at least 10 trade union leaders.
78WpL TIL octopuses don’t have tentacles, they have arms. Tentacles only have suction cups on the end, while octopus arms have them along the entire length.
neM19 TIL George Washington was the first American mule breeder. However, his first donkey had a low libido. After much study, Washington discovered what got the donkey off: female donkeys, two at time. If the donkey had a clear view of them together he would successfully perform with female horses