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TIL There is no clear link between women’s negative moods and the pre-menstrual phase of their cycles

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K8g9 TIL the word “gay” to mean homosexual came from the term “gaycat,” a slang term among “hobos” meaning a young man who accompanies an older, more experienced “hobo”
d19Q TIL the ‘Moon Museum’ is a small ceramic wafer three-quarters of an inch by half an inch in size which was left on the surface of the moon during the apollo 12 mission. It contains artworks by the six most prominent artists of the 1960’s, including Andy Warhol, who drew a penis.
BDGe TIL Rapper Juicy J put up $50,000.00 of his own money towards a scholarship to the winner of a twerk competition based on one of his songs called “Scholarships.” The winner of the contest did not twerk to win but instead read the fine print.
4k8Eg TIL of the "Dawson Film Find". 1900s Dawson was a remote gold rush town with a cinema. Film's sent there were never returned, accumulated, buried, covered by a hockey rink and forgotten. Years later diggers unearthed the 533 reels of lost films, and rare footage, including the 1919 World Series.
E1g4X TIL that Saturday Night Live has a branch show abroad SNL Korea