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TIL Human sperm can have antidepressant qualities

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XE4AQ TIL that not only did the Choctaw nation donate during the Irish Famine but they also donated to the Shell to Sea campaign.
WkyLA TIL that Silvio Berlusconi (ex-Italian prime minister) openly insulted Finnish cuisine. In response; a group of Finnish chefs created a smoked reindeer based pizza, named it after him and won 1st place in the ameria's plate international pizza contest. The Italian-American team only came second.
WkvN9 TIL During the 1988 Monaco GP, F1 Legend Ayrton Senna crashed thru driver error while leading on lap 67, Senna was so annoyed with himself instead of heading to the pits he walked home and contemplated his failure and only returned when his team was packing up.
nej1r TIL a year after star Brittany Murphy died of pneumonia her widower Simon Monjack died in the same house of the same illness.
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