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TIL that in most American states, a wedding ring is exempt by law from inclusion among the assets in a bankruptcy estate. This means that a wedding ring cannot be seized by creditors, no matter how much the bankrupt person owes.

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OBYg TIL that in 1988, Cosmopolitan magazine published an article claiming that heterosexuals had little risk of contracting HIV, and that transmission was impossible in the missionary position, long after the best scientific evidence indicated otherwise.
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