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TIL kids in California, as young as 12, can have condoms discreetly sent to them for free.

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9gQM TIL that broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, Brussels sprouts, collard greens, savoy, kohlrabi and kai-lan are all the same species of plant. They can all mix with each much like dog breeds with radically different traits and appearances.
m1p1P TIL about the year of the four emperors it was the first civil war of the Roman Empire, during which four emperors ruled in succession: Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian.
rGlM TIL biologists have revived 8-million-year-old bacterium that was extracted from Antarctic ice
16844 TIL that anime is actually very old, going back to the beginning of the 20th century, and really is a refraction of Japanese art and culture. One of the oldest known anime films is "Namakura Gatana," released in 1917.
KYJMB TIL despite being portrayed as young and healthy, John F. Kennedy was hospitalized dozens of times and on three occasions given his last rites.