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TIL puritans managed to have a prenuptial pregnancy rate of under 10%

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KnpB TIL of Misophonia, a disorder which means sufferers have a hatred of sounds such as eating, chewing, loud breathing or even repeated pen-clicking.
JYvPl TIL English Ivy can cause a rash similar to that of Poison Ivy, and the allergen, falcarinol, comes not only from its leaves, but also the stems and root. It’s not mentioned as often as Poison Ivy and the other Poison variations due to the rashes often getting diagnosed as Poison Ivy interaction.
nYY7 TIL that a cement truck crashed near Wingamon, Oklahoma in the 1950s and the mixer was too heavy to move. It’s still there, and locals have painted it to look like an abandoned NASA space capsule.
QNP6L TIL Sylvester Stallone said that whilst shooting critically-panned D-Tox (2006) the teamsters met the cast at airport holding signs saying DETOX, making it look like Kris Kristofferson, Tom Berenger and Stallone were all going into rehab rather than a film shoot.
B5xy TIL There was a 20 year patent on mini games during loading screens that recently expired last year. This is why all loading screens aren’t interactive and usually only contain flavour or lore text.