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TIL that women on birth control pills blink 32% more often than other women.

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YpQgA TIL that in the US it is illegal for one company to acquire another for the purposes of absorbing or eliminating the competition.
KYyEa TIL that "rock 'n' roll" had been used since the early 1920s as a blues song lyric meaning sexual intercourse. The term was popularized by a record salesman and DJ to introduce racially charged "rythm & blues" to a white audience.
W7xk8 TIL that people in sunny tropical countries can be Vitamin D deficient
oy1R TIL that the Guatemalan currency, the quetzal, was originally a bird’s tail feathers. “Since it was a crime to kill a quetzal, the bird was simply captured, its long tail feathers plucked, and was set free.”
1D57 TIL Human Zoos existed. “These were popular human exhibits where whites went to watch Black people who were on display. The Black people were usually forced to live behind gates and in cages similar to animals in a zoo today.”