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TIL women, who participated in the experiment conducted by students, became sexually aroused in response to stimulating images of attractive females — whether they were heterosexual or not.

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E057 TIL Waylon Jennings was originally going to be on Buddy Holly’s ill fated flight. He backed out and Holly stated “Well, I hope your ol’ bus freezes up.” Jennings replied with “Well, I hope your ol’ plane crashes,” haunting Jennings for the rest of his life.
8e0WL TIL that despite the popularity and huge cult following of the movie Idiocracy it only made $495,303 gross at the box office, with a production budget of $2.4M.
x6jab TIL: Badminton is the fastest racquet sport in the world. The shuttlecock speed can exceed 300kmph
pP9Q TIL to crack down on alcohol related violence, organizers restricted the amount of alcohol campers could take to Australia’s biggest car race, the Bathurst 1000. To 24 cans. Per person. Per day.
167A8 TIL In 1940s and 50s Quaker Oats and MIT conducted experiments by feeding ceareal containing radioactive iron and calcium. This was conducted to prove that the nutrients in the oat meal travelled throughout the body. A $1.85 million settlement was made in 1998 for the victims.