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TIL intelligent people are less likely to have sex

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jNvvX TIL: Gregory the Great- 6th Century Pope (and Saint) wrote of Mary Magdalene as a prostitute, despite there being no record of this in Scripture. Contemporary scholars agree that Mary Magdalene was likely an upper class woman who supported Jesus Christ- but not necessarily a prostitute.
R8Q6 TIL that your wounds heal faster if you lick them. You instinctively do this for that reason. Tears help, too.
OoogY TIL Shirley Temple, the infamous child star from the 1930s, was heavily involved in politics. She was a United Nations delegate, and also a United States ambassador to several countries.
OGe1e TIL that misheard words that change the meaning of a phrase or lyric are called a Mondegreen
e0mjk TIL that in November 2000, Japan passed their first anti-stalking law after a 21 year old student was murdered by her stalker the previous year. She had been turned away multiple times by the police who denied and falsely portrayed her as a promiscuous flirt on the media.