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TIL: Condoms are NOT effective against HPV or Herpes

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N7vWE TIL about the Cagots, a highly persecuted minority on the French-Spanish border, who were the same ethnicity and religion as their persecutors.
loXN5 TIL of Olivia Farnsworth. Olivia is 7 years old, doesn’t feel pain, and never feels tired or hungry. This is because a rare chromosome condition. One day she was hit by car and dragged down the street about 100 feet. Olivia walked away with only minor injuries.
e0NKE TIL Paul McCartney in 2002 threw his fiance' Heather Mills' diamond-and-sapphire engagement ring (£15,000 ($25,500) out of a hotel window during an argument. After calming down he asked security at the Turnberry Isle Resort and Club to search the grounds and it was eventually found.
Bkmx TIL that the Hindenburg disaster had more survivors than victims, wasn’t the deadliest airship accident at the time, and the emotional “Oh, the humanity!” audio report wasn’t live, but was a radio broadcast from later that night, and subsequently overlaid on the newsreel videos after the fact
6y9W TIL a 2007 study found that men are more likely than women to believe “women should have the right to breastfeed in public places,” “it is appropriate to show a woman breastfeeding her baby on TV programs,” and “breastfeeding education should be available as part of a high school health education.”