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TIL if a Catholic man needs a semen sample to diagnose infertility, he’s supposed to do so by recovering it from a non-lubricated, perforated condom after normal intercourse

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vrA7 TIL the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (the largest study of its kind) concluded that human actions are depleting Earth’s natural capital in such a way that the ability of the planet’s ecosystems to sustain future generations can no longer be taken for granted.
W740B TIL that until the mid 1900s, French cooking had a delicacy made from a type of bug called "cockchafers".
OoA5Y TIL this was the second video played upon MTV’s debut. ????
v06L TIL, pharmaceutical companies pay their competitors to not make generic forms of their drugs so they can continue to charge more to consumers.
8aEjG TIL of Saleh Ibn Abdul Rahman al-Hussayen, a senior official in Saudi Arabia, who stayed in the same hotel as the 9/11 hijackers the night before the attacks. He feigned a seizure when interviewed by the FBI and flew back to Saudi Arabia after flights resumed, against the FBI’s recommendation.