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TIL mosquitoes are more attracted to people with O blood.

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geny TIL Confucius’ actual name was Kong Qiu. The name “Confucius” comes from the honorific “Kong Fuzi,” meaning “Grand Master Kong”
VNb8 TIL that the Bible has a story about a woman lusting after men “whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses”
RLOa TIL that “international versions” of textbooks exist. they are exactly the same but made with lower quality materials. They can be up to 75% less expensive and are illegal to buy in the US.
Mowa TIL: The Murphy bed is named after William L Murphy who needed a way to hide his bed in order to have a girl over to his one bedroom apartment b/c of the moral codes of the times.
Gn4Q TIL that if a woman doesn’t swallow and secretly uses a man’s “seed” to impregnate herself, he is still legally required to pay child support