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TIL of William IX, Duke of Aquitaine, who was also an early troubadour and kept a portrait of his mistress on his shield. The affair was the cause of his second excommunication.

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4KnX TIL Israel and CIA Blew Up a Syrian Nuclear Reactor back in 2007 – didn’t admit it for a year…
R7p0w TIL Color Blind people can see the differences in texture and brightness more intensely than normal people and were even used in WWII to spot camouflage.
8a6EV TIL mother polar bears nurse their cubs for as long as 30 months. Some cubs stop nursing as young as 18 months of age, but remain with their mothers for survival until they are 30 months old. The average fat content of polar bear milk is 33%, similar to the milkfat content of other marine mammals.
DpmD TIL GlaxoSmithKline knew that the anti-depressant drug paroxetine didn’t work in adolescents and increased their risk of suicide, yet didn’t divulge the information as “it would be commercially unacceptable to include a statement that efficacy had not been demonstrated.”
WJ1N TIL that women are the main proponents of “slut-shaming”; employing it as an aggressive strategy to deter their more attractive female rivals.