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TIL Dr. Winnifred Cutler spent over 25 years researching reproductive biology and produced the Athena 10X pheromones to make men attractive to women. A reporter tried it in a museum, bars, and concluded pheromones don't work

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8e8b4 TIL in 1997, Amy Tobey, an employee in charge of ball-park music at Fenway Park, played ‘Sweet Caroline’ during a Boston Red Sox game because someone she knew just had a baby named Caroline. It caught on with fans, and now many teams from different sports leagues play the song during home games.
KOR9B TIL that any organization can issue certificates with CPDs or Continuing Professional Education. How valuable the training is does not matter.
Lk4jQ TIL of Jean de Breiteuil, a late 60's UCLA student and heroin dealer to major musicians of the day. In addition to being a main supplier to a young Keith Richards, he was with Janis Joplin a few days before her death in Los Angeles, and Jim Morrison died in Breituil's bathtub in Paris in 1971.
WklBY TIL Empress Catherine the Great had an intimate relationship with philosopher Dennis Diderot. They had daily meetings talking politics and philosophy during which Diderot would make his points by slapping the monarch's thighs. She emerged from their meeting with her thighs "bruised and quite black"
pd84 TIL there is a condition called “post Ejaculatory Guilt Syndrome” where 5 minutes after a man ejaculates he gets emotions of disgust