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TIL of a male contraceptive (birth control) that is 100% effective, easily reversible, and is made up of a single shot, every 10 years.

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9YGmG TIL of the Order of Victory, the highest award in WWII for the Soviet Union. It has 19 recipients, with five non-Soviets awarded: Dwight D. Eisenhower (USA), Bernard Montgomery (UK), Michael I (Romania), Michał Rola-Żymierskim (Poland) and Josip Broz Tito (Yugoslavia)
LdNZ TIL that on 18 May 1990, Jim Swire, who’s daughter died in the Lockerbie bombing, took a fake bomb on board a British Airways from London Heathrow to New York JFK and then on a flight from New York JFK to Boston to show that airline security had not improved.
kONE7 TIL In early days of penicillin, it was so expensive it was extracted from patients urine and reused on other patients.
0dMAM TIL that the jellyfish species Turritopsis Dohrnii can revert to its juvenile form after reaching maturity, effectively allowing it to restart its life cycle.
4GmR TIL: High IQ does not necessarily mean high job performance. Emotional intelligence (EI/ EQ) has shown to be a better indicator of job success.