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TIL: morning sickness during pregnancy can be alleviated by ingesting seminal fluid from the father.

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v149B TIL The State of Israel is widely believed to possess nuclear weapons. Nuclear technician and whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu revealed details of Israel's nuclear weapons program to the British press in 1986. Later he was drugged, abducted and secretly transported to Israel and ultimately convicted.
7rDGL TIL the X button on a PlayStation controller is actually called the cross button
0eNR TIL 78-year-old Dashrath Manjhi in India spent 22 years carving a 1km road through rocky hills, using only a hammer and chisel, to allow people of his isolated village easy access to the nearest town doctor.
69bp8 TIL that in the original treatment for Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Rufus was a 28-year-old high school sophomore who lived in a van with his pet dog.
nel6b TIL After being stuck charging $5c/bottle for various reasons, the Coca-Cola Company approached the U.S. Treasury Department asking them to mint a 7.5 cent coin in 1953, as a method to increase their prices without requiring two coins for vending machine sales