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TIL while the term “tomboy” originally meant a ‘rude, boisterous or forward boy,’ it has had its current meaning since the late 1500’s

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OROY TIL that all the contributors of the psuedoscientifc AIDS denial magazine ‘Continuum’ died of clinical conditions caused by AIDS
xVAR5 TIL prior to China being unified as an empire in 221 BC, there was the Warring States period, in which 7 independent states were in a more or less permanent state of war for about 250 years.
jNQ6p TIL Rat Birthcontrol became available in my state! Yes Rat birth control exists and is very effective.
ANmbl TIL that in Taxco, they celebrate Easter (and the week leading up to it) with masked men carrying thorny blackberry canes tied to their arms while others carry crosses, whip themselves and carry candles. The latter done while shackled.
0doAR TIL That BT Research (AKA BT Labs), the research division of British Telecom had over 10,000 patents by around the year 2000. Including ones for Prestel the forerunner of the Internet in 1979.