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TIL China owns less than 10% of USA’s overall debt

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P1nMe TIL: Paladin Brandis in Fallout 4 is voiced by Alan Oppenheimer, cousin of J. Robert Oppenheimer
6Bm7 TIL that testicles have taste receptors and they are essential for reproduction. In testing with mice, researchers found that when the taste receptors were removed from the mice, the mice became infertile.
a8LNJ TIL about Nushawn Williams, a New York City man who, despite knowing he was HIV positive, claimed to have had unprotected sex with 200-300 women and spread the virus to at least 16 people. He was sentenced in 1999 to 4–12 years in prison, but has remained in involuntary civil commitment since 2010.
OovRY TIL the EU has banned 1,300 chemicals used in cosmetics, the US has only banned 11.
D1VeY TIL the Kübler-Ross "Five Stages of Grief" model originated from her work with terminally ill patients grieving their own deaths