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TIL 90% of American girls ow/have owned at least one Barbie.

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BgaDr TIL that menstrual products are not tax exempt, while Rogaine and Viagra, are.
x6PDB TIL about the women-are-wonderful effect which is the phenomenon found in psychological and sociological research which suggests that people associate more positive attributes with women when compared to men
nNM7 TIL if you donate $500 or more to a Scottish heritage foundation, Sir Sean Connery will send you a signed personal letter of thanks.
rNaKo TIL that the origin of "zombies" was brought by enslaved people from Africa to Haiti, where eventually voodoo priests (also enslaved and whose jobs were to control other enslaved) would use the fear of zombification to discourage suicide.
R7We9 TIL A motherboard manufacturer once built a cooling fan that uses the waste heat from the CPU to run.