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TIL women care more about a man’s shoulder to hip ratio than they do about penis size.

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1aL1d TIL Jack Livesey fabricated a military record that included service in the Falklands War, 20 years in the parachute regiment and reaching the Colour Sergeant rank. He worked as a historian and lecturer on the basis of these falsehoods; in reality he simply served as an army cook for 3 years.
16A9P TIL The Chequered flag originated in a road rally, in 1906. S.Walden divided the courses into sections; the time check at the end of each section was performed by race officials called "checkers". These checkers used Chequered flags to identify themselves.
rN4m0 TIL That Hanns Scharff, One of the most succesful German Luftwaffe interrogators of WW2 became a world-renowned mosaic artist after the war, going on to create the 15 foot mosaics telling the story of Cinderella in the Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World.
Db0P TIL following the attacks of 9/11, executives were unsure if it was too soon to air SNL. Lorne Michaels asked the mayor of NYC “can we be funny?” and the Mayor replied “why start now?”
N7nwb TIL Ryan Reynolds was on a Push Pop commercial in the 90's