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TIL a ‘philodox’ is someone who loves their own opinions.

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Axgd TIL that sailors wore gold ear-rings because the value was enough to bury you in a foreign country.
gMm89 TIL despite millennials often being seen as a ‘promiscuous’ generation, they have less sexual partners than previous generations and having less overall sex than their own parents.
kJjrm TIL that regular daytime naps longer than 1 hour are linked to a higher heart disease risks and mortality, but short naps under 30 minutes have no positive or negative effect on heart health
YlGr TIL of Snorri Thorfinnsson, the first North American child to be born of European parents (Thorfin Karlsefni and Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir), was born in Vinland around A.D. 1000. He would go on to be an important figure in the Christianisation of Iceland
nebL7 TIL televangelist Pat Robertson had extensive business with West African warlord Charles Taylor, who "has been found responsible for aiding and abetting as well as planning some of the most heinous and brutal crimes in recorded human history" and sentenced to 50 years for crimes against humanity.