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TIL that the smell of women’s tears will reduce men’s sexual arousal and testosterone levels.

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nWWXP TIL Glaciers are not the second largest reservoir of water on Earth as previously thought. A 2021 study showed that groundwater is the second largest reservoir of water (at 43.9 million km^3) after Oceans (1.3 billion km^3). Glaciers are a distant third at 158,000 km^3.
GmQG TIL: Chuck Taylor, of Converse All-Star fame, was only a shoe salesman, and was simply paid commission on what he sold, and had an expense account with Converse. That’s it.
e0ErE TIL in 2017 Glastonbury Festival had to add pineapples to their list of contraband following the success of Glass Animals and their song Pork Soda, which contained the lyric "Pineapples are in my head" and caused fans to bring the fruit to live performances en masse
KRP6 TIL that the songs of blue whales have been becoming progressively deeper each year. There is no explanation for this mysterious voice change.
pYwOb TIL that the Film Score for Star Wars was Heavily Inspired By "Gustav Holst - The Planets" from 1918