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TIL homophobic men are significantly more likely to be aroused by homoerotic content

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nWKb TIL, that during WWII, an American amphibious tank rammed a US destroyer while en route to the beach, “probably the only instance of a warship being rammed at sea by a tank”
XEL4P TIL: When Jack Dempsey was 75 years old, 2 young muggers tried to rob him, Dempsey broke loose and KO'd both of them on sidewalk, Jack Dempsey was ferocious heavyweight champion who inspired Mike Tyson
R7Jx7 TIL in the movie Halloween the studio had such a small budget, they had to use the cheapest mask they could find. It was a $2 William Shatner mask that they spray painted white.
b9MP9 TIL, that between 1937 and 1938 111,091 ethnic Poles living in USSR were executed as spies. To speed up the process local telephone books were used to find Polish sounding names. Another 28,744 were sent to Gulags.
lojmA TIL that Abe Lincoln and Chuck Darwin were born on the exact same date. I wonder if there are any other dates in which multiple historic figures were born.