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TIL Women find 80% of men below-average looking - according to research based on OkCupid’s 7 million users

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wog58 TIL that ancient Greek and Roman historians wrote about a species of headless humans with faces in their chest who supposedly populated Libya and Aethopia
1ab9r TIL: The character Aunt Jemima, known for pancakes and syrup today, is based on a song that was sung in minstrel shows and commonly performed by men in drag and blackface
9wgLG TIL that the girl on the famous UK test card is Caorle Hersee, a costume designer who was featured on the card when she was nine, becoming the most aired person in television history, appearing on air for over 70,000 hours.
OG6YX TIL Gordon Lightfoot was inspired to write "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" when he saw the name misspelled as "Edmond" in Newsweek magazine. He felt the misspelling dishonored the memory of the 29 men who died when the freighter sank in Lake Superior during a storm on November 10, 1975.
kJnQd TIL wiener dogs (dauchschunds) were bred to scent, chase, and flush out badgers.