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TIL The organizers of the Japan Olympics in 2021 distributed 160,000 condoms to the athletes

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LkwRZ TIL that every single actress who has won an Academy Award has played a character working in the sex trade industry. 95% played prostitutes, while about 5% played someone working in or related to the sex trade industry.
wKg7 TIL that Alex the parrot was a long term Harvard experiment that had a myriad of acquired skills… the last words of this parrot were “You be good, see you tomorrow. I love you.”
R7Ko8 TIL Inoculation against smallpox has existed since the 15th century.
OG9e TIL There is a hilltop shrine in Java where thousands of Muslims regularly attend a ritual that involves seeking blessing through having sex with a stranger.
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