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TIL, Oral sex could be the cure to morning sickness.

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BGMW TIL since Uber came to Austin, there has been a 23% decrease in DWI related crashes
dLNQ TIL that the American government had a “Conscience Fund” where people could send money if they felt guilty. The largest sum ever received was from 1909 when someone mailed in $18,669 (US$ 490,000 in 2015)
69ADZ TIL Pigeons use Earth's magnetic field to navigate. A small spot on their beak contains magnetite which acts as a tiny GPS unit for the homing pigeon by giving it information about its position relative to Earth's poles.
7r8er TIL That The US Capitol Building does not have metal utensils in fear that they will be taken and not returned.
woN7W TIL Harold Williams, one of the most accomplished polyglots of all time, already new 20 languages by the time he enrolled at Berlin University, at the age of 23. When he worked as a foreign correspondent for The Times, he was able to speak to every league of nations delegate in their own language