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TIL that in the 2022 World Cup, Qatar became the first host nation to lose its opening match, the first host nation to lose all three of its matches, the first host nation to be eliminated from the tournament in two matches and the first host nation to have 0 points at the end of the group stage

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BrWpr TIL That the Etoro people of New Guinea believe that in order for a boy to achieve manhood they must first ingest the semen of their elders through fellatio. The nearby Kaluli tribe find this barbaric, and instead believe that the semen should be delivered to the boys in the anus.
XEg7P TIL of Didier Delsalle who is the only person to have landed a helicopter on the summit of Mount Everest.
o9Gr TIL Norwegians consume the most cognac in the world, per person, in relation to the population (5 million)
vnbD TIL that the chicken nugget was invented by a Cornell University food science professor, who published the results academically instead of patenting them.
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