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TIL 40% of HPV related cancers occur in men.

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QJEJk TIL an Australian broadcaster banned an episode of Peppa Pig that taught that “spiders can’t hurt you” after complaints it was unsuitable for Australian audiences.
epB85 TIL At age 9, Sorbono Bari became the youngest professor in the world and also nominated for a Nobel prize. Harvard University recognised him as a scientist when he was 6
AkNl TIL That Lord Byron, upon attempting to bring his dog with him to Cambridge Trinity College, was informed that dogs were not allowed. He retaliated by bringing a bear instead.
6lRW TIL that 5 scientists observed 60,000 episodes combined of 73 cows lying down to determine that: (1) the longer the cow has been lying down, the more likely the cow will soon stand up, and (2) once the cow stands up you cannot easily predict how soon that cow will lie down again.
9YggQ TIL Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" is commonly requested at music gigs in Finland as a joke, similar to how Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird" is in the US.