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TIL that in 1988, Cosmopolitan magazine published an article claiming that heterosexuals had little risk of contracting HIV, and that transmission was impossible in the missionary position, long after the best scientific evidence indicated otherwise.

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Brder TIL: During the filing of the movie "Titanic" 50 members of the film's cast and crew were rushed to hospital for suspected food poisoning. The actual cause of their ailment was discovered to be lobster chowder maliciously laced with PCP.
lDdK TIL a Nestle store in Japan sold Kit Kats coated with edible gold. Limited to 500, they were sold for the US equivalent of $16.
LQM19 TIL dogs can smell up to 100,000 times better than humans due to 300 million olfactory receptors in their noses
VBXPQ TIL the vast majority of sunscreen sold in the US provides little protection against UV-A radiation, which is the primary cause of skin aging and skin cancer.
rRDl4 TIL that the reason that both male and female genitals are darker than the surrounding skin is due to sex hormones released by puberty.