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TIL ingesting semen can reduce the risk of breast cancer by no less than 50 percent.

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WkndL TIL that the Michigan DOT has names for every one of their snowplows along with mounted cameras and a tracking map so you can track your favorite plow as the season progresses
X0OMr TIL that 90% of the sage used for smudge sticks and other new-age products is poached and the California white sage plant’s survival is in jeopardy
RJr9 TIL that close to 50 million people died at the hands of Japanese aggression between 1931 and 1945 in the Asian Holocaust during the Asia Pacific War
OoXpL TIL Caregivers can suffer from "Compassion Fatigue". Symptoms include loss of enjoyment, loss of hope, self-medication by drugs or alcohol, depression, anxiety, frustration/anger, difficulty concentrating, headaches and muscle pain.
JY754 TIL about Wilfred Pickles, a northern English BBC newsreader during the Second World War. Because of his strong Yorkshire accent, he was chosen for the job as "a deliberate attempt to make it more difficult for Nazis to impersonate BBC broadcasters".