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TIL in Japan you can rent a fake family or family members

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47g6 TIL that the infamous “chestburster” scene in “Alien” was inspired by a screenwriter’s struggle with Crohn’s disease, a inflammatory bowel disease that made him feel like something was trying to punch its way out of his chest.
7jMr TIL that although 98% of scientists say they believe that humans evolved over time, just 66% of Americans believe the same.
wQa6 TIL that none of the couples from “The Bachelor” are still married.
JNvV TIL Tony Hawken, 57, former maths teacher divorced Britain’s wealthiest woman entrepreneur worth £1.1 BILLION because he doesn’t like being rich and prefers to eat in Wetherspoon’
b985p Today I learned that the Oneida silverware company was founded by a free-love community in upstate New York, led by a Protestant preacher from the 1840's, who believed there was a connection between sex and spirituality. He experimented with perineum pressure during intercourse to block ejaculation.