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TIL that, statistically, women not taking birth control “kill” more fertilized zygotes than women taking birth control.

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LkVZ TIL That Blue’s Clues was so successful that, within eighteen months of its premiere, “virtually 100% of preschoolers’ parents knew about Blue’s Clues”, an awareness comparable to “top-tier” shows like the 30-year-old Sesame Street.
J1JQB TIL Sean Combs, also known as P. Diddy, ran the 2003 New York City marathon. He finished the 26.2 mile footrace in 4 hours, 14 minutes, and 52 seconds, and raised $2 million for charity.
9wAO7 TIL that during WWII, the British diverted so much Indian textile production that civilians raided graveyards for clothes. Some people couldn’t work because they didn’t have clothes; others locked themselves in a room until it was their turn to wear the one piece that they shared with others.
Y7DPW TIL in 1957, the US tested an atomic bomb in the Nevada desert that produced a mushroom cloud visible from Las Vegas, 65 miles away.
E1JD0 TIL about the Eisriesenwelt, a natural limestone and ice cave in Austria. It is the largest ice cave in the world, extending more than 42km and the frozen lake inside the cave, during the Second World War, was used by skating athletes to train for the Olympics.