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TIL Dew Point, and not humidity, is a much more accurate predictor of how "comfortable" the outside environment will feel.

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e0rw4 TIL 94% of male giraffe sexual encounters are with other male giraffes. Every 16 out of 17 mountings in a 3 year Tanzanian national park study we’re male-on-male mountings. 9 of the 16 mountings featured an unsheathed penis.
BgRdL TIL The Doomsday Clock is currently closer to midnight than any other time in history since its inception.
e0Lgb TIL Mozart had a sister who was also considered a music prodigy. They toured together, and she even sometimes received top billing. Her father forced her to abandon her career once she became a 'marriageable age'. She is believed to have written some compositions, but none have survived
4XdQ6 TIL that barely a year after the 1969 moon landing the American public had completely lost interest in space exploration - to such an extent that 90% of people surveyed could not remember Neil Armstrong's name.
go48 TIL that DMX started a reality show about his “road to recovery” after getting out of jail… it was cancelled when he got arrested again three weeks later