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TIL the CDC is recommending a "morning after" antibiotic pill to prevent STIs if taken within three days after unprotected sex. The pill significantly reduces the risk of infections like chlamydia, syphilis, and gonorrhea.

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wlx7 TIL that Betty White holds the world record for the Longest TV Career for a Female Entertainer (75+ years).
kPPW TIL lobsters are sea roaches. People with shellfish allergies will also react to cockroaches and other insects.
ep4X5 TIL that Australians sell a product called "sonic animal guards" (colloquially known as "kangaroo scarers").
4nrw TIL a U.S congressman who sits on the Committee on Science and Technology believes that evolution and other popular scientific theories are “lies straight from the Pit of Hell … lies to try to keep me and all the folks who are taught that from understanding that they need a savior.”
PodG TIL Poet George Sterling carried a cyanide pill everywhere with him, when asked about it he said “A prison becomes a home if you have the key”.