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TIL Israel made chinese workers sign a "no sex" contract

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d8agd TIL that most insect noises you hear are them either having sex or asking for sex from females.
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XEEJj TIL that Beethoven tore up the title page to his symphony "Eroica" upon hearing Napoleon proclaim himself Emperor, hating all things French ever since.
6EWM7 TIL in addition to the protests & death threats Ruby Bridges had to face as the first black kid in a white school, her father lost his job, the local grocery store stopped serving the family, & her sharecropper grandparents were turned off their land.
lA6a TIL During the production of Goldeneye 007, developers considered having players unplug and reinsert the N64 rumble pack every time they wanted to reload their weapon.