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TIL scientists have discovered a way to turn female bone marrow into sperm, allowing women to reproduce without the need of male companionship

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jjkn TIL the ship used in Pirates of the Caribbean was sunk in Hurricane Sandy
4X90a TIL that in Herbie: Fully Loaded, Lindsay Lohan's breast size were reduced by cgi due to complaints from families during test screenings of the film
W7WL TIL Peta condemned a rat killing scene in the famous war shooter game Battlefield 3, by stating it can have, “a brutalising effect on the young male target audience.”
W7gQ9 TIL President Calvin Coolidge had a pet racoon named Rebecca who was originally gifted to him to eat for Thanksgiving dinner
9O4Q TIL in 2000, a study was done in which 20 healthy non-depressed volunteers were given the SSRI antidepressant Zoloft (Sertraline). Two weeks into the study two volunteers became dangerously suicidal.