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TIL A British Fertility Doctor Impregnated Women With His Own Sperm 600 Times.

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X0BOD TIL that Vatican City has a national football team. It's not a member of FIFA and the squad consists entirely of employees of the Vatican, such as police officers, postal workers, government officials and members of the Swiss Guard
8e1AZ TIL That Not Everyone In the South Supported the Confederate Cause. Newton Knight Was a Confederate Soldier Who Deserted and With 100s, Including Freed Slaves, Revolted Against the CSA Military and Established a Free State in Jones County, MS
Z84PD TIL the term masterpiece was not used to describe an artist's greatest work, but was used by guilds to describe the piece submitted to them by artists and craftsman to attain the rank of Master.
kJdQW TIL Sitting Bull was told to give a welcome speech to a new train line in Bismarck. Instead of giving the pre-written speech he said in his native language: “"I hate you. I hate all the white people. You are thieves and liars. You have taken away our land and made us outcasts."
b9RL0 TIL that while the punishment for an incelibate Vestal Virgin was to be buried alive, ancient Roman law forbade burials within the city. Offenders instead were entombed in small underground apartments with food and provisions, changing the legal definition to "descending into a habitable room."