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TIL that in Middle Age Britain, the church taught that for ‘Godly Congress’ both the man and the woman needed to produce sperm. The only way a woman could produce sperm was to orgasm. All 'ungodly’ sex was frowned upon, so most sex involved maximum effort to produce a strong female orgasm.

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oRxZK TIL that in the 1990's, Los Angeles was the bank robbery capital of America. After droves of "Baby Bandits" started robbing hundreds of banks, employees began to quit en masse. In 1992, losses related to robberies exceeded those from fraud for the first time.
5Yo6P TIL that Pitchfork readers voted Kanye West's Album "Yeezus" as both the "Most Overrated Album" and "Most Underrated Album" of 2013
KY9G6 TIL an episode of Peppa Pig was banned in Australia because it taught children that "spiders can't hurt you", because Australian spiders can actually hurt you
N7jd6 TIL “The Andy Griffith Show” was a spin-off of an episode of “Make Room for Daddy”
YplBA TIL that there is 'Inglewood Oil Field' in the middle of Los Angeles. It's 18th largest oil field in US and in production since 1924