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TIL the smell of women's tears can reduce aggression in men
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TIL of the Wake Island Rail, a little-known casualty of WW2; it went extinct when Japanese soldiers were stranded on the island by a US blockade. With no fear of predators, a combo of overhunting by the starving Japanese & the bombing of the island by the US wiped out the entire species in 1 year
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TIL on July 4th 1852, Frederick Douglass was asked to give a speech about Independence. He got real pissed, saying it was a sham, since slaves had no independence. "This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn."
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TIL that Ancient Roman politician Gaius Gracchus had a bounty placed on his head that was equivalent to his head’s weight in gold. The head was delivered, but the reward was never paid because it was discovered that his captor removed Gaius’ brain and filled his head with molten lead.
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TIL that in 2005, one sheep decided to jump over a cliff, enticing nearly fifteen hundred others to follow. Only the first 450 were killed, as the remaining animals' falls were cushioned by the dead bodies below.
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TIL Almond milk was a popular medieval food item