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TIL Tiririca, a Brazilian Clown, who used slogans including "What does a federal congressman do? I really don't know – but if you vote for me, I'll tell ya" and "It can't get any worse, vote Tiririca". He became the second-most-voted congressman in Brazil's history, with 1,348,295 votes.

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EgbO7 TIL: A study by the Journal of Sex Research found that men who are in relationships with mentally unstable women reported a higher lvl of sexual satisfaction than other men. It also found that "lower agreeableness of a sexual partner was predictive of better sexual function in women"
Ax7g TIL that a star was discovered whose center is an enormous diamond, of 10 billion trillion trillion carats; astronomers called the diamond star “Lucy”
R5mj9 TIL that 50 million years ago—Whales were once a 4 legged mammals that once roamed the land. The ancestors of modern whales lived on land and walked on four legs. These early ancestors, like Pakicetus, were terrestrial mammals that later adapted to life in water.
KOlOB TIL that cocaine use is so pervasive in the restaurant industry, that Gordon Ramsay claims 30 out of 31 of his restaurants’ bathrooms tested positive. He even claims to have had a customer request it “sprinkled over a soufflé” at a charity dinner!
4XrA6 TIL Newton Minow, then FCC chairman, called television a "vast wasteland" in 1961. In his "honor", Sherwood Schwartz named the ship on Gilligan's Island after him in 1964. Minow is still alive at 94.