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TIL the national anthem for the EU is "Ode to Joy" from Beethoven's 9th symphony

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x6vY1 TIL that evening-oriented (more alert at night) women (but not men) tend to be more unrestricted in sexual behavior, attitude, and desire according to a worldwide survey known as the Sociosexual Orientation Inventory.
oRYOr TIL that heirs to the throne of the Ottoman Empire were kept under house-arrest in the "Cage" from puberty until death (or becoming sultan), and it was common for a new sultan to have his brothers killed, including infants, sometimes dozens at once, to reduce the number of claimants to the throne.
gMyy9 TIL that when Fritz Duquesne's farm was torched and mum sent to a concentration camp as part of Lord Kitchener's policy in the Second Boer War, he vowed revenge. 15 years later, during WW1, he infiltrated Kitchener's warship and signalled a German submarine, which sank the boat, killing Kitchener
e08Jg TIL the "Woman Yelling at Cat" meme lady was yelling at her friends for publicly exposing the fact that her husband was abusing her. He later committed suicide.
XpgR TIL that grazing cows align themselves with the Earth’s magnetic field.