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TIL that actually men's genes create the placenta

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moaO TIL that Sadie Hawkins was the ugliest girl in town and that’s why she couldn’t get a date. So, they hosted a footrace and forced the slowest man to marry her.
vO84 TIL the richest man who ever ever lived was an African king alive in 1300
x6jmb TIL that in 2003, metal singer Ronnie James Dio severed his thumb during a gardening accident when a heavy garden gnome fell onto it. Dio was concerned he would no longer be able to do his signature "devil's horns” hand gesture, but a doctor managed to re-attach it.
nWNBB TIL tat n Croatia there’s a small island of 0,14km² with 23km of dry stone walls that were built to delimit agricultural plots and protect the olive trees and vines from the wind. Seen from the sky the island looks like a maze, a puzzle or a fingerprint
RXRa TIL vegetarian/vegan diets have been linked to drops in sperm quality. The current theory is many vegetarian/vegan diets exchange meat for soy products. Soy has been found to interfere with sperm production with doctors suggesting to not ingest soy 74 days prior to attempting to conceive.