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TIL HSV-1 causes up to about half of all new genital herpes cases despite most commonly causing oral herpes (cold sores)

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4XgLb TIL that the egg cells we all started as originally formed in our grandmother, not our mother. Basically, we all started out as the deepest layer of a multi-generational turducken.
Zp74a TIL shortwave radio is still commonly used for news broadcasts around the world
awjyN TIL In the GTA IV (A very popular 2000s video game), the drunk driving feature sparked massive controversy that MADD requested the game be rated from Mature to Adults Only.
KOvPR TIL that Lit guitarist Jeremy Popoff recorded the popular 90s song "My Own Worst Enemy" naked in the studio
6vX TIL The man third in succession for the Presidency of the United States once pried a live grenade from his arm after it had been blown off and then continued to use his machine gun with his one good arm..