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TIL: The availability of abortions lowers the crime rate

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e0lvk TIL that despite it’s more than half a century old, SR-71 Blackbird still holds the official Air Speed Record for a manned airbreathing jet aircraft with a speed of 2,193 mph (3,530 km/h)!
49mb TIL - The National Forest Service tested whether or not bears were attracted to menstruating women by measuring wild bears’ responses to either tampons or to four menstruating women. “Menstrual odors were essentially ignored by [all] black bears.”
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