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TIL that women can use their own bone marrow to get pregnant.

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myR TIL: In the town of Virgin Utah, gun ownership is mandatory for every homeowner.
0w19y TIL that the term “corn hole” (aka butt-hole) is apparently derived "from the practice in the days of the outhouse of using dried corn cobs for toilet paper."
EgkwX TIL that in 1833 Britain used 40% of its national budget to free all slaves in the Empire. The loan for the Slavery Abolition Act was so large that it was not paid off until 2015.
GA5Zg TIL New York City no longer has rooftop helipads due to an accident in 1977 that claimed the lives of five people
BrjK TIL that Google Earth was originally called Earth Viewer and was created by Keyhole, Inc., a company who were partially funded by the CIA via venture capital firm In-Q-Tel that invests in high-tech companies for the sole purpose of keeping the CIA equipped with the latest in information technology.