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TIL, according to a report in Britain’s BMJ medical journal, nearly 1 percent of young women in a U.S. study who have become pregnant claim to have done so as virgins.

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XOER TIL that, in 1943, L. Ron Hubbard wrote a series of private letters about losing his command and various military blunders, and general good health. Later, he founded scientology and claimed heroics and injuries in the war.
5mwP TIL they found a 7500 year old toy car in Turkey which may be the earliest evidence of the wheel. It has two axles, four wheels and a cabin/seating area.
NvVe TIL King Pepy II came to the throne aged nine, and ruled until he was 100. It is said he had a great system for avoiding insects: he would cover a slave in honey. Flies swarmed to the slave and left Pepy in peace. (x-post /r/heresafunfact)
1ajWd TIL in 2005 a nonverbal man found wandering the streets was taken into care. When first given access to a piano, he played anything from Tchaikovsky to the Beatles non-stop for four hours. It took four months of media attention to reunite him with his family
ADoGd TIL at 107 years old, the original "man in the monster suit" who played Godzilla is still alive.