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TIL a nationwide survey conducted by the CDC (and using data collected from 1999-2002) found that 29% of American men and 9% of women reported to have had at least 15 sexual partners in their lifetime.

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RZk4 TIL that not only did Roy Sullivan survive seven lightening strikes, but after he was struck the seventh time he fought off a bear by hitting it with a tree branch, making it the 21st time he hit a bear with a stick.
orQ7 TIL Rhea Perlman moved in with Danny DeVito two weeks after meeting him in 1971, and they have been together ever since.
bgQa TIL That Wernher Von Braun, the man who designed the V2 rocket for the Germans, always wanted to go to space, and when the first V2 hit London, he said “The rocket worked perfectly except for landing on the wrong planet.”
R78dj TIL : the Speaker of the House is not required to be an elected member of the House of Representatives. There is no requirement in the Constitution even though they are third in line for the Presidency.
P1V1e TIL that when local troops, hired by communist Albania, attempted to capture Prince Leka — the exiled Crown Prince of Albania — while he was in Gabon, he dissuaded them by appearing at the door of the plane holding a bazooka.