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Origin of Everything
6 Weird Facts About the History of Birth Control
Season 1
Episode 36
What do World War I, a 16th Century Italian Doctor, Coca-Cola, and a Chicago sausage maker have to do with Birth Control? Well, let’s just say the history of birth control is very long and very odd.
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