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TIL the average age for virginity loss in the USA is 17 years old.

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ZOED TIL that in South Africa,2009, an employee of an IT company complained that data would get transferred faster by carrier pigeon than on ASDL. Winston the pigeon armed with 4gb memory stick took two hours to carry the data 60 miles - in the same time the ADSL had sent 4% of the data.
AND77 TIL that a test launch of the 1st generation Soyuz had the escape module fire off 27 minutes after the main rocket launch was aborted, due to Earth's rotation. Then the still-fully fueled rocket caught on fire.
ejBn TIL before becoming host of the bizarre foods series, Andrew Zimmern was homeless, addicted to drugs and alcohol, and would steal to support his habit.
vPB8j TIL that the Library of Alexandria was not destroyed in a single massive fire, rather it gradually declined over several centuries