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TIL that research has shown that women exhibit a marked preference for dating taller men, and that shorter men must earn substantially more money than taller men to be considered as attractive by women

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DQLOv TIL a neutrino could pass through a lightyear of lead before it has a 50% chance of hitting a lead atom.
5PgQ TIL that it was common for some Romans to take up a “beautiful-looking” prepubescent boy as a sex-slave to serve both the master and mistress of a household, castrating him so the boy retains his prepubescent qualities.
5VG1r TIL that Australia, despite being home to the most venomous spiders, snakes, and marine animals in the world, has one of the highest life expectancies globally.
KOv0E TIL Hen harriers, native to Eurasia, hunt by surprising prey while flying low to the ground in open fields, often circling an area several times looking and listening for small birds and mammals.Its owl-like facial disc affords this diurnal raptor exceptional auditory acuity.Males practice polygyny.
EkJ0 TIL the female equivalent to the word “phallic” is “yonic.”