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TIL that "Mac" in Gaelic family names originally meant son and "O' " meant grandson

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16xD8 TIL about the Siège D'Amour (Love Chair). A chair designed and built by French furniture manufacturer Soubrier to allow the corpulent British King Edward VII to have sex with two women simultaneously while protecting them from being crushed by his weight.
0wPBM TIL that Jerome Bixby, the screenwriter of 'the man from earth' took over 50 years to finish the script.
9wPBX TIL Rats laugh when you tickle them!
OoXyg TIL in UI/UX, menu layouts are officially recognized by food names (ex.••• is called ‘meatball menu’).
8vBL TIL that semen contains mood altering chemicals that can reduce depression, increase affection and help you sleep and a study found that women who regularly have unprotected sex are less depressed.