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TIL Young people in Japan are not just having enough sex and this is a huge concern for the government.

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x6Bbk TIL Cavalry (horses) and Calvary (site of crucifixion) are different word with distinct meanings
R78jw TIL: Lydia Fairchild failed a maternity test because her reproductive cells had a completely different set of DNA to her skin cells. She exhibits chimerism, in having two distinct populations of DNA among the cells of her body.
8elEa TIL of Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 which crashed into terrain on September 11, 1974, killing 72. Among them was the VP for academic affairs of the Medical University of South Carolina and two of his sons - the father and brothers of future tv personality Stephen Colbert.
16wPV TIL that the first woman to fly combat missions was Marie Marvingt, who in 1915 bombed a military base in Germany. In her lifetime, she held four different pilot licenses, unofficially cycled the Tour de France, and was awarded a gold medal "for all sports" by the French Academy of Sports.
R7dV6 TIL "Taro Yamada" or 山田太郎 is the Japanese equivalent of John Doe - a generic male name and the female equivalent Jane Doe is "Hanako Yamada" or 山田花子.