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TIL that the Flag of the European Union was Inspired by the Blessed Virgin Mary

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OBYg TIL that in 1988, Cosmopolitan magazine published an article claiming that heterosexuals had little risk of contracting HIV, and that transmission was impossible in the missionary position, long after the best scientific evidence indicated otherwise.
loW95 TIL Mexico is the only country other than China that owns Giant Pandas
mxv4y TIL that the recorded cases of spontaneous human combustion (SHC) have these things in common: 1) the victims are chronic alcoholics; 2) they are usually elderly females 3) the body has not burned spontaneously, but some lighted substance has come into contact with it.
6EKEZ TIL The singer who voiced Simba in the original 'Lion King' turned down $2 million up front to take royalties instead
g7AA TIL that during depression you see less contrast, making the world really appear greyer