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Today I learned that there is a special two-seater suit for astronauts to have sex in space

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ADr8o TIL golf was banned in 1457 by king James II of Scotland as it was interfering with archery practice. It wasn't repealed till 1502 and the signing of perpetual peace
mDQO TIL that the 27th amendment, which forbids congress from raising their own pay during their term, was proposed by James Madison in 1789 and wasn’t ratified until 1992.
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