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TIL in a psychological study on homophobia it was discovered that homophobic men were more aroused by gay porn than the control group. Arousal was measured in terms of erection intensity.

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6og8 TIL scientists have successfully genetically engineered American chestnut trees to resist the blight that annihilated them, bringing back a species from functional extinction.
bVgQ TIL that after marathoning Breaking Bad, Anthony Hopkins wrote Bryan Cranston a fan letter, saying (among other things) “Your performance as Walter White was the best acting I have seen – ever.”
LVam TIL 1 in 10000 chickens develops as female on one side and male on the other.
l5dr TIL During WWII there was a scheme to make Hitler more docile by lacing his food with hormone oestrogen.
QNj7d TIL that James Joyce and Ernest Hemingway were drinking buddies in 1920s Paris. Joyce, who was small, weak, and had poor eyesight, had a habit of picking fights and then hide behind Hemingway, shouting, “Deal with him, Hemingway! Deal with him!”