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TIL that according to 2007 research, seahorses are “promiscuous, flighty, and more than a little bit gay.” Seahorses will flirt with as many as 25 potential partners in a day, and about 37% of seahorse sexual encounters are same-sex acts.

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GYopG TIL Carl Tanzler, German radiographer, dug up a patient he had been obsessing over and lived with the corpse for seven years. During those years, he fitted the face with glass eyes, replaced the skin with wax, used loads of perfume on the body and even installed a Paper tube to allow for intercourse
QJoeE TIL Hippocrates believed that the natural processes of the body shouldn't be intervened. This philosophy carried into the late 1800s to the extent that development of pus was seen as positive indicator of healing because it was routinely found in all kinds of wounds. It was called "laudable pus".
WkM5B TIL that 71 percent of Americans age 17 to 24 are ineligible to join the military, primarily because they are too overweight or too poorly educated, or they have a record of serious crime or drug abuse.
wovYJ TIL All three sister ships of the first U.S. aircraft carrier, USS Langley (CV-1), were lost at sea without a trace—two during World War I and one during World War II. The Langley herself was later sunk during World War II by a Japanese attack.
O1m7 TIL that Steven Spielberg waited 10 years after being given the story Schindler’s List to make the film, as he didn’t feel mature enough at the time.