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TIL that gay men cannot donate blood unless abstinent sexually for 12 months.

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PYxeE TIL Blackcurrant cultivation was banned in the U.S. from the early 1900s until 2003. Less than 1% of Americans have tasted one.
jGdN TIL Richard Nixon described Bohemian Grove as “the most faggy goddamn thing you can ever imagine.”
k6X7 TIL that ancient cynics practiced shamelessness by masturbating in public
6jOm TIL that the Aztecs considered childbirth as a form of battle, and the women who died during it were honored as fallen warriors
8J4Z TIL that after Hitler ordered the deportation of Denmarks Jewish population, Danish citizens organized a massive evacuation of the Jews to neutral Sweden, despite the risks. In the end, 99% of Danish Jews survived the Holocaust.