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TIL Any teenager in Philadelphia can get 10 condoms a month mailed to their house for free by the local health department.

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0wLVA TIL that Napoleon has a theorem named after him in geometry. It states that,"if equilateral triangles are constructed on the sides of any triangle, either all outward or all inward, the lines connecting the centres of those equilateral triangles themselves form an equilateral triangle.
nW50b TIL The Guinness book of records was invented by the Guinness beer folks. They figured a book of verifiable facts would help stop bar arguments.
xVoJo TIL that in 1979 the governments of the USA, France, Canada and the USSR signed a treaty to create a worldwide network of search-and-rescue satellites and ground stations. To date this system has saved at least 42k lives and works everywhere on Earth. A beacon costs $200 and has a 5 year battery!
Gx4g TIL that despite knowing that a ceasefire would occur at 11am, many Generals continued to send their troops into battle right up until the last minute. Hundreds of lives were wasted on the final day of World War I.
j6B4R TIL Crown Royal Whisky was created in 1939 specifically to celebrate King George VI as the first reigning monarch to Cross the Atlantic and visit Canada. The popular whisky wasn't available outside Canada until 1964.