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TIL that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation offers $100,000 grants to people trying to make better condoms.

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MexwA TIL of Robert Durst, the heir to a massive real estate fortune, who has been accused of murder over three times over the course of multiple decades
pQ5O TIL In 1998, workmen restoring the only surviving home of Ben Franklin dug up the remains of six children and four adults hidden below the home
YpVgG TIL that styes, which are infections on or under the eyelid, exist. They manifest in the form of a tender little red bump, similar to a pimple. They go away naturally and popping them is not recommended.
LkR6Z TIL that Ecuador uses the U. S. Dollar as its currency.
vPVAR TIL that to calculate the CPI for a single item, you would simply do CPI = (updated cost / base period cost) x 100. The "updated cost" is divided by that of the initial year, then multiplied by 100.