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TIL Toxoplasmosis (parasitic infection transmitted by cats) can make men "more suspicious, withdrawn, and prone to breaking rules" and women "more trusting, outgoing, and law-abiding"

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xZQ5 TIL Florida Man Carl Tanzler, an X-ray tech, fell in love with a patient and exhumed her body when she died to sleep with her corpse for 7 years. Charges were dropped because the statue of limitations expired by the time anyone found out.
xVOA1 TIL the sweet "springtime" scent I had been attributing to honeysuckles is actually a Chinese Privet
6OL8 TIL since 1940 85% of those who have attempted to break the water speed record have died in the attempt
0wlOv TIL Netherlands is so safe that jails are being closed due to the lack of criminals.
XEr9R TIL Muammar Qaddafi was obsessed with Secretary of State, Condolezza Rice. During one visit he showed her a video with photos of her with various people, set to a song composed just for her called ‘Black Flower in the White House.’ When his house was raided a scrapbook of her pictures was found.