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TIL that vitamin D is a hormone, not a vitamin.

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Pmoe TIL That when Marjorie Gross, writer for Seinfeld (and others) was dying of Ovarian Cancer, she found humor in her imminent death by joking that she wanted to hold on until November 1996 so that she wouldn’t be reincarnated as Madonna’s child as she was pregnant at the time.
8lAZ TIL scientists in the US concluded that mood-altering hormones in semen absorbed through the vagina help to boost women’s moods
LQ50P TIL that the cover of The Doors’ 1970 album “Morrison Hotel” was taken at an actual Morrison Hotel in LA. The band was not given permission to photograph, so they did it while the clerk was away from the desk. The band jumped right behind the windows and hit their places without shuffling.
o0nr TIL that Ray Dolby (the “Dolby” on audio equipment) helped develop the first videotape recorder before the age of 21. After founding Dolby Laboratories, he became a billionaire by charging little for his technology so others paid him instead of developing their own.
W7GQN TIL It's a common practice in the Victorian Era to return or burn love letters when a relationship ends to prevent them from being used as blackmail or to compromise the honor of the parties involved