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TIL American aboriginals used raccoon penis bones as a pipe cleaning tool

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GjN5 TIL that US research shows that young adults aged between 20 and 24 and born in the 1990s were more than twice as likely to report that they had had no sexual partners since the age of 18 than young adults of the same age born in the 1960s
6EgwJ We are going to the moon again to make It a gas station for outer space. "The plan is to break down the lunar ice into hydrogen and oxygen and use those as the fuel propellant."
v1YQ8 TIL in the 1980s Bayer knowingly sold medicine that carried a high risk of transmitting AIDS, infecting thousands of people around the world. After realizing their product was contaminated Bayer kept sending the same medicine to Asia and Latin America, while selling a new safer version in the West.
rRPn0 TIL that citrus trees are almost always grafted and need to have their "suckers" removed if they're growing from the original rootstock (below the grafting point). Letting them grow could overtake the "scion" variety meant to produce the edible fruit. The rootstock fruit is usually watery and bland
rN990 TIL that despite the stereotypes, video games can actually have numerous benefits for our cognitive abilities, mental well-being and social skills!