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- the students learned about the mechanics of sex and reproduction in health class
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“Sex.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sex. Accessed 8 December 2019.
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The first known use of sex was in the 14th century
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