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TIL at the 2000 Sydney Games, the stock of 70,000 condoms was not enough for the athletes, prompting a second order of 20,000 additionally. Since then, a standing order of 100,000 condoms has to be made per Olympics to accommodate all the sex that occurs at the Olympic Village during the downtime.

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YGWB TIL that “crab mentality” describes selfish, short-sighted thinking best described by the phrase “if I can’t have it, neither can you.”
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5YBZD TIL that Phosphorous is a major mineral nutrient and the global reserve would be depleted within the next 50 to 100 years
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