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TIL that there is a 100% effective, safe form of reversible male birth control… that is unavailable because no corporations will back it, as they are afraid they won’t make any money from it as it is very cheap and effective after one use.

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NXyM8 TIL about Esmie Tseng. She endured parental abuse despite having top marks in school, often getting punished by standing naked in the corner for grades such as 96%. In 2005, she murdered her mother with a butcher knife. Later, she was tried as an adult and ultimately served six years in prison.
9YnJr TIL that during the peak of the cold war, one of the tasks given to Niel Armstrong was to place two Soviet medals on the moon to honour their fallen Soviet competitors.
PYOQe TIL that people with unaided hearing loss earn on average $20,000 less per year than those who use implants or hearing aids.
lo8bG TIL Japan deep fries maple leaves as a snack, commonly known as "Momiji" or "Maple leaf tempura".
NXnNQ TIL Redlining is a discriminatory housing practice that started in the 1920s and is still affecting things today. This includes people who lived in the redlined neighborhoods having a life expectancy difference of up to 25 years from those who lived a mile away in a non-redlined neighborhood.