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

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naK9 TIL There is a voice disorder where a person continues to speak like an adolescent after puberty
awMG9 TIL that Bill Gates released a swarm of (not infectious) mosquitoes at a TED Talk to demonstrate that even if malaria doesn’t infect people directly, they should still care
gMJwA TIL that when the British monarchy was restored in 1660 under Charles II, the body of Oliver Cromwell was dug up, hanged in chains and beheaded as a posthumous execution for the crime of signing Charles I's death warrant. His head was then owned by various people till its burial in 1960.
L8rP TIL biscuits and cakes are considered a necessity in the UK and therefore are not taxed, unless they’re chocolate covered, in which case they’re considered a luxury item.
bm0p TIL: Large numbers of free Blacks owned black slaves in numbers disproportionate to their representation in society. According to the federal census of 1830, free blacks owned more than 10,000 slaves in Louisiana, Maryland, South Carolina, and Virginia.