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TIL that single men in 1900s Argentina paid "professional lady rejectors" to avoid bachelor tax

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oRmNo TIL that the phrase “Immaculate Conception” refers not to the belief that Mary became pregnant as a virgin, but to the belief that she was conceived without the “original sin” described in the book of Genesis that everyone else is born with.
JpGl TIL the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima released an amount of energy equivalent to the conversion of 0.7 grams of matter into energy.
YpVk7 TIL that Queen Victoria was believed to ingest cocaine laced gum with a young Winston Churchill, and also regularly acquired Opium.
oXr TIL that “Yes this is dog” picture is a screenshot from a gloomy Serbian movie about teen drug use from the 80s’.
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