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TIL Unlike male chimpanzees, male bonobos do not experience a strong rise in testosterone during puberty

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awBnJ TIL Muhammad Ali refused to be drafted into the military for the Vietnam war for which he was arrested and stripped of his boxing titles. “You won't even stand up for me in America for my religious beliefs—and you want me to go somewhere and fight, but you won't even stand up for me here at home?“
NGAb TIL most English and French kings had relatively open affairs and that the offspring of these affairs (Royal Bastards) were often given wealth, land, and regal titles
wLnno TIL a study by the University of Oxford shows there's no link between violent video games and aggression in teens. Compared to previous research which relied on self-reported data from teens, this study used info from parents to judge the level of aggressive behavior in their children.
JVXQ TIL Cristiano Ronaldo funded the education of a 7 y.o. survivor of the horrific 2004 tsunami in Indonesia. The boy was found 21 days after the disaster, alone and wearing a Portuguese national football team jersey. The boy grew up to be a football player and was signed by Sporting Lisbon last year
Yppyr TIL in 2009 Airmen Colton Read went in for gallbladder surgery and woke up with both legs amputated. Military doctors punctured his aorta and waited 8.5 hours to get him proper medical care. Read isn't legally allowed to sue for damages.