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TIL about PANKs, Professional Women (with) No Kids. They are an economic force because they spend lavishly on their nieces and nephews and are influential on social media.

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GY4Z1 Today I learned that when Alexander the Great conquered Egypt, many Greek-Romans came to Egypt as tourist. Many of them ended up carving their names stating “so and so was here, and the work of these Egyptians are great” in the tombs of the Valley of the Kings.
DPBP TIL On the DVD for Borat there is a Hebrew language track option, but this is merely a joke; choosing the Hebrew language option results in a warning screen reading “You have been trapped, Jew!
7rl5p TIL during sexual arousal for men, muscles at the base of the bladder contract in order to close off the passageway from the bladder into the urethra, thus making it impossible for urine to be released during ejaculation.
ZGyo TIL private companies can outsource call centers to US federal inmates in lieu of offshoring. Federal Prison Industries pays inmates between $0.23/hr and $1.15/hr.
Bgd1W TIL The Flynn Effect reveals that human intelligence increases with each generation