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TIL Earth’s North and South Magnetic Poles Flip in a Geomagnetic Reversal Every Few Hundred Thousand Years

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oBAV8 TIL of Battle of Cape Ecnomus, in which 1/5th of the Roman male population participated in. A total of 300 thousand men participated in a pitched battle that lasted mere hours.
OolmL TIL about "The Johnson Treatment", where President Lyndon Johnson used to urinate or expose his penis during conversations to establish dominance.
y4jl TIL Anthony Perkins found out he had AIDS when he read about it in a tabloid. While he was in the hospital for a facial palsy, someone tested his blood for HIV and sold the results to the Enquirer.
5JXk TIL Stephen Hillenburg, creator of Spongebob Squarepants, taught marine biology for three years before he pursued his dream of becoming an animator.
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