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TIL Women are statistically much less likely to watch the feminist encouraged “Female Friendly” porn, and are instead more inclined to watch mainstream hardcore porn or nothing at all. [NSFW]

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EdwP TIL the tradition of “women and children first” protocol is a legacy from the Birkenhead, a ship that ran into a dangerous reef, and whose soldiers famously stood firm allowing the women and children to board the boats safely as there were not enough serviceable lifeboats for all the passengers.
yYOp TIL that Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk used to listen in on telephone and sex chatlines to find appalling, original stories for his writing.
8ax98 TIL about Gulf War Illness: Over 1/3 of the veterans that served in the Gulf War experience the same horrendous symptoms, all caused by chemicals the US chose to expose them to. 7,424 of 7,845 claims of GW veterans were denied between 1994 and 1996 - and it's still hard for them to get a diagnosis.
QND1E TIL Trained Dogs Can Sniff Out Lung Cancer up to 97%
Br7MD TIL About Rachel Hoffman, a college student who was told the only way she’d get out of drug charges was to become a informant. She was ordered to buy 1,500 ecstasy pill, 2 oz of cocaine and two firearms. She was subsequently killed by one of those firearms and her body was found two days later.