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TIL that it took until 1976 for the state of South Australia to become the first jurisdiction in the English Speaking World to make rape in marriage a criminal offence.

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lo5r1 TIL that some Users of the Antidepressant Clomipramine have an unexpected side effect of spontaneous orgasms after yawning.
8aWKP TIL Thomas Young, a brilliant polymath, is known as "The Last Man Who Knew Everything." Some of his contributions include discovering the wave theory of light, describing elasticity, inventing the tuning method of musical instruments and many more....
r94o TIL United States Founding Father John Dickinson was nearly unanimously elected as President of Delaware; the only dissenting vote was from himself
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kOBG4 TIL that the Whataburger logo was trademarked BEFORE the Wonder Woman logo.