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TIL that nearly 1 percent of young women in a U.S. study who have become pregnant claim to have done so as virgins, according to a report in the Christmas edition of Britain’s BMJ medical journal

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mxX6o TIL JUUL is the only electronic cigarette product found with nicotine concentrations high enough to be toxic in standard cytotoxicity tests. The nicotine found in JUUL products is about 61 milligrams per milliliter of fluid in pods—equivalent to more than one pack of conventional cigarettes.
e04JL TIL that, in order to become an astronaut, you need to know stuff like survival skills, robotics, how to fly an airplane, and both english and Russian. You also need a bachelor's degree in a nature science.
KYvQa TIL that in Christianity, archangels are not the highest-ranking angels. They are the second-lowest level of angels.
QVYM TIL that before he was a celebrity chef and television personality, Alton Brown spent 10 years as a cinematographer and commercial director. He only left the business for culinary school because he found cooking shows “dull and uninformative.”
woAZJ TIL: Scientists in Florida are being paid to sneak up on iguanas and kill them at night . They use a range of tools from specialized bolt guns to solid objects to their own research equipment as they claim it is the most "humane" method to deal with invasive predators.