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TIL In Japan, a third of people under 30 have never dated, and 45 percent of women say they have no interest in sex or even “despise” it.

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xGl5 TIL: When he turned 80, Leonard Cohen took up smoking again after a 30 year break, stating “I’m looking forward to that first smoke. I’ve been thinking about that for 30 years. It’s one of the few consistent strings of thoughts I’ve been able to locate.”
R7OA1 TIL gasoline is a byproduct of distilling crude oil for kerosine. Originally it was discarded. It wasn’t Until 1892, with the invention of the automobile, that gasoline was recognized as valuable.
OG5X6 TIL that only reason why the 1987 John Hughes Thanksgiving-comedy movie “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles” was rated R by the MPAA, was because in one scene, Steve Martin’s character used the word “fucking” 18 times in the span of 55 seconds.
4XpAX TIL dogs and cats can literally tear out their own intestines if you don't leave that cone on after they're spayed.
1aGkP TIL Marvel's near collapse led to dominance. In The 90’s they desperately sold film rights to their characters for operating capital. A few hits(Blade & X-Men) led studios to consider the comic movie viable. Failure by most caused many of the rights to return to Marvel, who created Marvel Studios.