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TIL that women become more biased against men from other races when they’re fertile.

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VJ04 TIL new research indicates the asteroid that killed the Dinosaurs did so, not primarily due to dust blocking out the sun, but by ejecting ~500 cubic miles of tiny glass spherules at near escape velocity. Upon falling to earth they incinerated nearly all surface life in a matter of minutes.
oB8JK TIL During WWI, the MI6 discovered semen could work as invisible ink. Mansfield Cumming, the first chief of the SIS was "making enquiries for invisible inks," and apparently semen did not react to the main methods of detection. It also had the advantage of being readily available.
d8bBZ TIL there are 2 billion parking spots in the U.S. for about 200 million cars. The area of parking per car in the United States is thus larger than the area of housing per human.
b9RW4 TIL : "Come Together" was inspired by a request from Timothy Leary to write a song for his campaign for governor of California against Ronald Reagan, which promptly ended when Leary was sent to prison for possession of marijuana.
xQ65 TIL 242 people died and at least 630 others were injured in a nightclub fire in Brazil in 2013. Everything could’ve been avoided if outdoor pyrotechnics hadn’t been used indoors and if people trying to get away hadn’t been trapped by security guards demanding their bills to be paid.