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TIL the word “melon” has been used euphemistically to refer to women’s breasts since ancient Greece

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mBbp TIL there is a foundation (Project Prevention) that pays crack addicted women $300 to get sterilized.
gjL8 TIL despite the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, Ukraine still gets 47% of its electricity from nuclear energy, compared to United States’ 19%.
8ODV TIL that at the Battle of Verdun a group of French soldiers, boxed in by German forces and without communications, was saved by a messenger dog. The dog, named Satan, managed to bring the soldiers two carrier pigeons, allowing them to send the Germans’ position to French artillery.
yVYae TIL In a 2014 report it was found that the mortality rate for professional wrestlers was significantly higher than that of athletes in other sports.
PYgyg TIL 20% of teens in the UK think Winston Churchill is a fictional character