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TIL in 1988, Cosmo magazine told its female readers that having unprotected sex with an HIV-positive man is totally safe as long as they did the missionary position.

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kEE TIL: Despite spending over $1 Trillion on the war on drugs teenage Marijuana use has more then doubled since the 1990s.
lO8A TIL Fritos are made of only three ingredients: corn, corn oil, and salt.
vD8R TIL In 2007, in response to an increase in pedestrians wearing headphones being hit by cars, NY proposed making it illegal to cross the street with headphones. Australian State Traffic Commander, Chief Superintendent responded, “You can’t legislate stupidity” and Australia ran a warning-ad instead.
R7NVw TIL that an Escher sentence is a comparative sentence that seems to make sense but doesn't on closer inspection: "more people have been to Russia than I have"
YpA9d TIL Mountain Goats are not actually in the same genus as other goats (Capra). Mountain Goats are the last surviving species of the genus Oreamnos.