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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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BoaL TIL Nasir ad-Din Tusi, a Persian polymath, developed a theory of evolution by natural selection 600 years before Darwin. He wrote that hereditary variability is the leading force of evolution, and that organisms which can change faster are ‘more variable’, thus giving them an advantage over others
epaZk TIL that Mae West did a cover of the Beatles song 'Day Tripper'
QNv6X TIL 80 years ago this week, there was an assassination attempt on Hitler. He survived, and the only injury was to his ear.
4XYyw TIL that, after a virgin drowned at sea in S. Korea, fishermen weren't able to catch fish anymore. But the fish came back after fishermen exposed their penises to the sea and built several giant wooden statues near the sea to appease the dead virgin's spirit. The place is a tourist spot now
d84BK TIL That registered pets on the Blizzard Entertainment campus have to sign a NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) by placing their pawprint to refrain them from passing any secret games Blizzard is working on.