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TIL: That women in a lesbian relationship are slightly more likely to experience abuse than women in a heterosexual relationship

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wen6 TIL there is country that ranks lower than North Korea in the Press Freedom Index, which measures how much freedom journalists have. Eritrea surpassed North Korea as the bottom spot in 2007 and has held it since.
nW0Vd TIL that a runny nose when crying is caused by the drainage of excess tears into the nasal cavity. Tears, produced by the lacrimal glands above the eyes, normally drain through small ducts (lacrimal puncta) into the nose.
lGBK TIL At the time of death, Cornelius Vanderbilt was the world richest man and left an estate larger than the US treasury. When 120 of his descendents gathered in 1973, there was not a millionaire among them
AEBa TIL of Clair Engle, a US Senator who was left unable to speak because of a brain tumor. In 1964, when the Senate voted on whether or not to break the filibuster on the Civil Rights Act of 1964, he pointed to his eye, signaling his vote in favor of ending the filibuster (“aye”).
XXEk TIL there is a 19 km long “blob” of unusual black algae that is floating in the arctic ocean between Russia and Alaska. Scientists have not been able to determine the species.