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TIL that scientists showed Panda Pornography videos to Panda to check the side effects of Viagra

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nLjr TIL that babies are supposed to look like their fathers so that they don’t get rejected, nature’s paternity test
5Yjwr TIL King’s Hawaiian Bread was founded by an Okinawan immigrant to Hawaii who based it on the sweet bread that fellow sugar plantation workers from Portugal made and is no longer made in Hawaii but comes from Torrance in Los Angeles
ejM6 TIL Ignaz Semmelweis discovered in 1847 that handwashing cut maternity death by 90%, laying the foundation for modern techniques and becoming known as ‘The Savior of Mothers’. Disbelieved by his peers, he was put in an asylum and died after being beaten, aged 47. Almost nobody attended his funeral.
OoN7g TIL Isaac Newton formulated laws of optics, gravity and calculus in his early 20s while in lockdown from the plague.
pJ88 TIL Hugh Laurie auditioned for his role in House M.D. by shooting a video in a hotel bathroom. Director Bryan Singer, unaware that Laurie is English, commented “See, this is what I want: an American guy.”