Post * nEbb — Curious Curator

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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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RVP8 TIL that Sony BMG used music cds to illegally install rootkits on users computers to prevent them from ripping copyrighted music; the rootkits themselves, in a copyright violation, included open-source software.

9wMjX TIL There are two American actresses with the exact same name - Peyton List. One was born in 1986 and the other in 1998. Oddly, they were both in the same scene together on the soap opera As The World Turns. List (1986) was a regular on the show, while List (1998) was cast as an extra.

5Ydo9 TIL Gwen Stefani wrote "Hollaback Girl" in response to Courtney Love calling her a cheerleader in an interview

MeJGA TIL: Rabies Disease produces Hydrophobia ("fear of water"), since the ability to transmit the virus would decrease significantly if the infected individual could swallow saliva and water. Thus, attempts to drink or even suggestion of drinking can cause painful spasms in the throat.

X0naQ TIL when East Germany reunified with West Germany in 1990, the German government withdrew East Germany banknotes from circulation, but instead of burning them, they let them rot in a concrete bunker until two people broke in and stole a large quantity of notes in 2001. Then what was left was burned.