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TIL Tracing the Fascinating History of Condoms as Essential Tools for Birth Control and Disease Prevention, from Ancient Innovations to Modern Breakthroughs

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dDKYZ TIL a lady who was convicted of kidnapping a child had to experience being executed by firing squad twice. Between the two shootings a strangulation was attempted. Later, it was discovered that she'd been born with her heart on the right side of her chest instead of the left
a80Qy TIL Apollo astronaut Harrison Schmitt suggests intensive cross-country skiing lessons for future lunar astronauts to help them explore the surface more quickly. He recommended the Taurus-Littrow valley as a potential destination for a lunar ski resort
xVOvw TIL that in 1953, Jerry Stiller met actress-comedienne, Anne Meara, and they married in 1954. Until Stiller suggested it, Meara had never thought of doing comedy. Before Seinfeld, the comedy team Stiller and Meara, was successful in the 1960s and 1970s. They were married together for over 60 years.
ZJXo TIL that near St Louis there is the remains of a huge Native American city. The civilization that lived in the city built a giant mound larger at its base than the Great Pyramid of Khufu, Egypt’s largest
dD9R8 TIL there is an extremely rare condition, 'demon face syndrome,' in which people to see faces as distorted, horrific, drooped, or stretched. “It’s like staring at demons. Imagine waking up one morning and suddenly everybody in the world looks like a creature in a horror movie.”