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TIL parents filed an ethics complaint against a High School Biology teacher for using the word "vagina" while teaching reproduction.

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mxnlx TIL that pirates didn't wear the eyepatches because of a lost eye, it was actually to be able to see below deck, where it was dark.
7RQO TIL trying to quit a play, Jeremy Piven was allowed leave after ‘dangerously high levels of mercury’ were found in his body. Annoyed, David Mamet said to reporters that Piven was “leaving show business to pursue a career as a thermometer.”
D1Bbj TIL 'Infinite Monkey Theorem' was tested using real monkeys. Monkeys typed nothing but pages consisting mainly of the letter 'S.' The lead male began typing by bashing the keyboard with a stone while other monkeys urinated and defecated on it. They concluded that monkeys are not "random generators"
JY5Pm TIL n June 2006, at the request of PETA, Ocean Spray agreed to end its support for animal experiments. Previously, Ocean Spray was funding tests involving infecting mice with H. pylori, bacteria that cause stomach ulcers, and then feeding them cranberry juice to see if it had any positive effect.
yQkBM TIL the steel shipping container is one of the most commonly underrated but significantly revolutionary inventions that has led to the creation of the modern global economy