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TIL: Many statues in NYC are of the same woman who was the first nude woman in film and spent the last 40+ years of her life in an asylum

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PJKg TIL famous mathematician Paul Erdos was once challenged to quit taking amphetamines for one month by a concerned friend. He succeeded, but complained “You’ve showed me I’m not an addict, but I didn’t get any work done…you’ve set mathematics back a month”.
mxvKY TIL about Ubang, The Nigerian community where men and women speak different languages
reZe TIL the sun and moon appear to be the same size in the sky because of an astonishing coincidence: the moon is 400 times smaller but 400 times closer.
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