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TIL that a research suggests that humans fear cockroaches the most, even more than mosquitoes, due to an evolutionary aversion.

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b9Bea Forget the trial and error - mathematics has proved where the best spot to place your router is.
BgQvy TIL that in 2021, Mary Queen of Scots’ rosary beads were stolen in £1m raid on Arundel castle
dZGZ TIL The Red Green Show ran for 15 season with a total of 300 episodes.
pYxbN TIL about the transition state theory; developed in 1935, it has been used to calculate the standard enthalpy of activation, the standard entropy of activation, and the standard Gibbs energy of activation for all chemical reactions where the rate constant was experimentally determined.
8bEG TIL “Testify” comes from the Latin word testis, which means “witness”. In ancient Rome, two men taking an oath of allegiance held each other’s testicles, and men held their own testicles as a sign of truthfulness while bearing witness in a public forum or court of law.