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TIL Pope Benedict defrocked nearly 400 priests for abusing children

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WoRL TIL that the Roman Emperor Caligual once declared war on Posiden by ordering his army to head to the beach and start stabbing the water.
ne5KW TIL that some animals and insects, like squirrels and bumblebees, use a “mating plug” to prevent other males from inseminating females they have already mated with.
R5rb4 TIL that Penguins, Chimpanzees and Capuchin monkeys practice prositution
x60kb TIL that the old euphemism for a positive pregnancy test, "the rabbit died", came from a test developed in 1931 wherein the urine from a human female was injected into a rabbit. Soon after, the rabbit was euthanized and dissected to check for the reaction of the hormone hCG in its ovaries.
vO6x TIL that in the original story, Sleeping Beauty was raped by the prince.