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TIL that one side effect of oral birth control is that it shrinks the clitoris (which impacts sensitivity as well)

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rN110 TIL During WWII, the largest volunteer army was the Indian army
QJGwE TIL actor Robert Pattinson dealt with an obsessed fan who had been camping outside his apartment by taking her out on a dinner date. "I just complained about everything in my life and she never came back."
9Y88G TIL the reason OJ Simpsons gloves did not fit during his trial is because he stopped taking his arthritis medication two weeks before hand causing his hands to swell.
v1yJ4 TIL that Michael Rockefeller, son of Senator Nelson Rockefeller and great-grandson of oil magnate John Rockefeller, was very likely eaten by cannibals in New Guinea, and it's speculated that Nelson's mother paid a private investigator $250,000 for recovering Michael's skull from the tribe.
6Ey7Z TIL Potoo birds are the most divergent of any other species of birds, being so ancient that fossils of them can be found from 40 million years ago. This suggest they are one of the oldest species of birds.