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TIL the plural of “sphinx” is “sphinges”
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TIL that eating any portion of the human brain can cause Prion disease, which is incurable and comes with a high mortality rate.
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TIL when the mistress of Roman Emperor Commodus found her name on a list of people Commodus wanted executed, she and a few others tried to poison him, but Commodus vomited it up, so they had his wrestling partner, who trained him for his gladiator appearances, strangle him while he was in the bath.
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TIL that academic achievement and cognitive ability have been shown to predict later age of first sexual intercourse
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TIL There is a pen that is able to sanitize any water on earth
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TIL Mr. Rogers was bullied as a child for being fat. "We're gonna get you, Fat Freddy!", the bullies would shout. “I used to cry to myself when I was alone,” Rogers said. “And I would cry through my fingers and make up songs on the piano.”