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TIL A teacher’s gender affects learning: boys learn better from men and girls learn better from women

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VBOB TIL in the Middle Ages it was thought that the left testicle made sperm for girls. Men wanting sons would have it removed.
L8v0 TIL of Vladimir Komarov. When the Soyouz Spacecraft catastrophically failed in orbit, he impossibly managed to manually pilot the craft to re-enter Earth’s orbit, only to perish because both the main AND backup parachutes failed. He died “cursing those who had put him inside a botched spaceship”.
KYNYR TIL that the CIA overthrew Irans last elected President paving the way for the Iran that we know today.
XEg7k TIL about Charles Curtis, the first and only Native American Vice President of the United States
97n7 TIL Simpsons characters Lenny and Carl both possess master’s degrees in nuclear physics.