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TIL People with a larger Adam's apple tend to have a deeper voice

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7evx TIL The very high cost of Diamonds and the public perception as a symbol of romance, was a manufactured phenomenon to create profit for a conspiracy of diamond mining organisations
mxe8o TIL that there are some parts of the world (including rural parts of India) that consider menstruation as a huge taboo. It is not openly discussed between females and some males even consider period as an illness. Sanitary pad is still a foreign object for them.
9YYpm TIL of Peter Lemon, a Canadian volunteer in the US Army, who won the Medal of Honor for actions performed while stoned on marijuana in Vietnam
16gR7 TIL that in Medieval Europe, the Feast of the Ass on 14 January celebrated the donkey that carried Mary into Egypt after the birth of Jesus.
4GQa TIL 30,000 people were killed during the 1902 Mount Pelee eruption, because the Governor refused to evacuate until after election day. The right wing government was worried about a possible socialist victory, and refused to let anyone leave until after the election on May 11th. It erupted on May 8th