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TIL Hookworms were responsible for giving the American South the notorious stereotype of being stupid and lazy

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60YX TIL listening to soft voices can cause “brain orgasms” (aka autonomous sensory meridian response). A video of a woman explaining how to fold towels has over 900,000 views because her voice can trigger the sensation.
7jDX TIL about the Fokkens twins, Amsterdam’s 70 year old prostitute sisters who decided to retire after over 50 years of “service” and 355,000 men between them.
oolY TIL An American magician in the 1900’s acted as a Chinese man for his show and never broke character in public, even using a translator when speaking to journalists. he died on stage after a trick went wrong, his last words were “Oh my God. Something’s happened. Lower the curtain.”
6NAZ TIL Hemp seeds contain the perfect ratio of omega-3 fatty acids to omega-6 fatty acids.
oBPO8 TIL when Stalin got his first position as Secretary of the Communist Party, Leon Trotsky mocked his secretarial and low duties by nicknaming him "Comrade Index Card". Stalin eventually rose in ranks to rule the USSR, and eventually exiled Trotsky from the entire country.