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TIL pine nuts come from pine cones

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ANN54 TIL that most Native Americans died because of Eurasian Germs like Smallpox, not because of European military success in the New World
gr1jb TIL: The male biological clock does exist... With Al Pacino expecting a child at 83, doctors warn of health risks for babies of older fathers
GYyVN TIL the Comstock act of 1873 labeled contraceptives obscene and carried a $5000 fine or 5 years hard labor for sending information about or contraceptives thru the mail. Abortifacients, obscenity (which includes poopies), sex toys or information concerning topics were included in the patent act.
oBg7A TIL Eddie Anderson was the first black man to have a horse run in the Kentucky Derby. Because of segregation Anderson stayed with civil rights leader Mae Street Kidd in Louisville. When Anderson's horse won a race he dressed up as a Kentucky colonel at MGM and only answered to 'Colonel Rochester'
oBQgR TIL First contemporary study to debunk the myth, that homosexuality is a mental disorder, dates back to 1956. Evelyn Hooker's experiment paired a sample of 30 heterosexual men and 30 homosexual men on equivalent IQ, age, and education, finding no correlation between homosexuality and mental illness