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TIL that Loma, Montana's temperature changed by 103⁰ Fahrenheit on one day in 1972

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0woDj TIL birth control of any kind for unmarried people was illegal in most states in the US until 1972
WKGY TIL that Aubrey Plaza (Parks & Rec, Scott Pilgrim vs The World) suffered a stroke leaving her paralyzed and aphasic (unable to speak) in 2004
yV8va TIL during its long history, Jerusalem has been destroyed twice, besieged 23 times, attacked 52 times, and captured and recaptured 44 times.
p594 TIL fish can learn to pull a string to dispense food, and some have also figured out how to use a tool to pull the string as they swim by.
jNnGR TIL about the moon landing’s ‘Human Computers’. Who were a group of women, who held math and science degrees, and were responsible for managing the moon landing’s incredibly complex calculations. They also did it real-time, by written hand, and were faster than any technology available before 1970.