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TIL in 1988 Cosmopolitan claimed that unprotected sex with an HIV-positive man did not put women at risk of infection and that it was impossible to transmit HIV in the missionary position.

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v1GZD TIL Pope Stephen VI put the corpse of his predecessor, Pope Formosus on trial for illegally serving as a Bishop, seven months after his death. Finding the corpse guilty, they cut off three of his fingers, stripped his body of its Papal Vestments, and threw his corpse into the Tiber River. (Year 897)
O0Ze TIL that prisoners in the 1800s were fed lobster - and it was considered cruel and unusual punishment.
R5vl4 TIL that ice makers in home freezers have a heating element to release the ice cubes from the mold
LQXjm TIL: The Mayflower Was Headed for Virginia But Was Blown Off Course
x651 TIL Hinduism is a diverse system of thought with beliefs spanning monotheism, polytheism, panentheism, pantheism, monism, and atheism. Concept of God depends on each individual