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TIL a man was ordered to pay child support after his girlfriend performed oral sex, saved his semen, and inseminated herself.

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1aj7r TIL about the Seal of Solomon, a signet ring attributed to King Solomon in medieval Arabic tradition. It is the predecessor of the Star of David, and gave Solomon the power to command demons, jinn (genies) and spirits, or to speak with animals.
grn84 TIL that college football is graced by a player named General Booty. Hailing from a line of athletic Bootys he is the nephew of former Florida Marlin Josh Booty and Minnesota Viking John David Booty.
4Law TIL: The Guinness Book of Records was created because the director of the Guinness Breweries got in an argument over what was Europe’s fastest game bird while hunting, and thought that there must be other questions debated nightly in pubs throughout Ireland. It was originally a marketing giveaway.
DQPPV TIL that scientists have discovered a tiny parasitic wasp that turns spiders into zombie bodyguards. This wasp, known as Dicopomorpha echmepterygis, injects its eggs into a spider, which then continues to perform its regular tasks but ultimately sacrifices itself to protect the developing wasps.
rNyw4 TIL the plural of sarcophagus is ‘sarcophagi’