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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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5Qr8 TIL: Terry Fox, a 21 year old one-legged cancer patient, ran 3,339miles across Canada in 143 days before dying. He ran the equivalent of a full marathon every day and was the youngest person ever named a Companion of the Order of Canada.
kJamm TIL McDonald’s Chicken Nuggets always come in one of four shapes, the “boot,” the “bell,” the “ball,” and the “bone” (or “bow tie”)
LQPMZ TIL that the Liverpool–Manchester Railway, the world’s first "inter-city" line, opened on 15 September 1830. It was fully steam-powered, double-tracked, signalled and timetabled.