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TIL Smarter Men Are Less Aggressive in Relationships and More Committed

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e0ZpL TIL that a linesman in the 2006 Champions League final between Arsenal and Barcelona was replaced on the day of the final, because he the day before had appeared in a local newspaper in his home country Norway wearing a Barcelona shirt.
a8kVZ TIL: That hot water can cause cancer
OGEXR TIL about "Cemetery Island" (old Newburg Cemetery) in Kentucky Lake, a strip of land that's only visible when the water is low. It has a grave marker from 1907 that's regularly toppled by boats when the water is high in the summer and has to be propped back up in the winter.
DWwr TIL “A crafty ant species builds a trap dotted with foxholes for surprise attacks on an insect. They stretch their victim out like a medieval criminal on a rack as more ants swarm in for the kill.”
ne059 TIL In 2013, a gold cast of Nelson Mandela's hand was sold for $31,000. Five years later, the owner sold it for $10 million.