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TIL Chinese youth are starting to become sexually active. A study in 2013 showed that about 24% of undergraduates had experienced premarital sexual intercourse. This was an approximately 4-fold increase than reported in 2002

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QJjKX TIL Unless they are going to be used for breeding purposes, female ferrets will go into extended heat. A female that does not mate can die of aplastic anemia without medical intervention. It is possible to use a vasectomised male to take a female out of heat.
OoaeL TIL that in the UK in 2009, the #1 Christmas song was "Killing in the name of" by Rage Against the Machine
9w716 TIL that Iranian military arrested 14 squirrels for spying
v1pDL TIL that the scientific name of rice is Oryza sativa, and it is not related to Cannabis sativa. Sativa, sativus, and sativum are Latin botanical adjectives meaning cultivated often associated botanically with plants that promote good health and used to designate certain seed-grown domestic crops.
epyjb TIL in 2007, a couple dissatisfied with their marriage went to online forums and unknowingly began talking with each other and discussing their marriage issues. When the husband and wife tried to cheat on their spouse with this "new person", they were in for a shock. They divorced soon after.