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TIL that human semen has health beneficial properties including vitamins, increasing fertility in women and contains mood-elevating hormones.

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6eEw TIL Marie Curies research papers are still highly radioactive and to access them you must sign a waiver and wear protective clothing.
J1648 TIL tilefish were a very popular food in the US during the late 1800s. It was discovered by a sea captain and his crew who found it to be very tasty. Its popularity decreased after all tilefish were killed due to getting trapped in cold water. It took decades for tilefish to be caught again.
YpOY7 TIL that for more than 3000 years, chocolate was consumed exclusively as a BEVERAGE until Joseph Fry made the first solid chocolate in 1847.
7xMP TIL R Kelly’s had his first girlfriend at 8 years old. She was murdered by some other children when she was pushed into a creek and drowned. Her last words were his name.
rxQe TIL that while filming Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the live rabbit they used for the “monster” scenes was covered in what they assumed was washable red dye. But when they had trouble cleaning it off, they had to stop filming to desperately clean the rabbit before its owner arrived.