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TIL about the story of Phyllis (Alexander's wife) and Aristotle (Alexander's tutor). Phyllis allegedly seduced Aristotle, forced him to kneel on the ground and rode on him while whipping and verbally degrading him.

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e0kR4 TIL in 1999, the mummified remains of a pregnant Hispanic woman were found in a drum in the crawl space of a house in NY. She was identified as Reyna Marroquín, a woman who’d vanished in 1969. She’d had an affair with her employer. He killed himself before police could properly question him.
Brnyd TIL all three cars with the highest Consumer Reports test scores are BMWs. The only other brands with cars in their Top 5 are Tesla and Kia.
kJBG5 TIL Roald Dahl, the author of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' and 'Matilda', was a flying ace in WWII. He shot down at least five fighters (likely more) with little to no formal military training.
jE0a TIL the 3 numbers on an egg carton denote what day of the year it was packaged. 221 (out of 365) is August 9th!
VKvQ TIL 3% of Washington DC’s population is HIV positive, on par with some West African countries