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TIL that in 2011 Geico spent just under one billion dollars on advertising

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YpyNP TIL why incest and teen pregnancy are common in Alabama and Mississippi, respectively
LgKm TIL the loggerhead shrike is a small bird that impales its prey (often larger than it) on branches and barbed wire, then decorates it to attract a mate
4MAN TIL as a form of birth control, the Egyptians applied onion juice to the tip of the penis before coitus.
r5Do TIL The average prison meal is more nutritious than the average school lunch.
6ELEY TIL that in 1720 a ship full of precious goods and sick people arrived in Marseille/France. In spite of clear signs, greedy merchands put pressure an the authorities to shorten the quarantine and not to burn the freight. More than 100.000 people died because of pestilence in the next two years.