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TIL if a man is physically forced to sexually penetrate someone without consent (such as being pinned or held down, or by the use of violence) or threatened with physical harm, or when the victim was drunk, high, drugged, or passed out and unable to consent IT IS NOT RAPE.(CDC Full report page 17)

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5YP7B TIL in 1999, a Las Vegas couple were unable to come to a decision on how to split up their Beanie Baby collection during their divorce settlement. A judge ordered them to dump their collection on the floor of the court and take turns picking them one-by-one.
Z8VRQ TIL MIT lawyers did not patent turn-by-turn in-car navigation in 1989 because "This will never happen.. because the insurance companies won't allow it"
OolGa TIL that London is farther north than Calgary, Montreal is south of Paris, and despite being 20° further north, Reykjavik’s average temperature in January is warmer than Boston’s average temperature. The reason for milder European climates than equivalent cities in North America is the Gulf Stream.
YRxA TIL if officials awarded Lance Armstrong’s 2005 Tour De France title to the next fastest finisher who has never been linked to doping, they’d have to give it to the 23rd place finisher
EgOyX TIL the label who signed Casiopea (famous jazz fusion band) also signed The Stalin (famous punk rock band). Always though Alfa Records was only City Pop for some reason.