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TIL Rat Birthcontrol became available in my state! Yes Rat birth control exists and is very effective.

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WbKN TIL the tongue map that shows parts of the tongue responsible for different aspects of taste is the result of a mistranslation from a German paper and is not true
Mya7 TIL Hiram Maxim, the inventor of the fully automatic machine gun, once received the advice “ If you want to make a pile of money, invent something that will enable these Europeans to cut each others` throats with greater facility.”
v0b7 TIL that a “band-aid” for “people of color” was marketed in the late 90s and early 00s, but failed to gain traction, partly due to retailers insistence on only featuring the item in the “ethnic sections” rather than in-line with its “white” counterparts.
rNOG1 TIL Superstition was originally intended to be released by British guitarist Jeff Beck first, but Berry Gordy convinced Stevie Wonder to bring it out as he knew it would be a huge hit
yRM TIL Nintendo owns the patent on the “+” shaped d-pad design.