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TIL a 2015 study involving 280 men found that viewing visual sexual stimuli was unrelated to experiencing erectile dysfunction with a partner, while it was related to a stronger desire for sex with a partner.

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abZJ TIL Ancient peoples in the Middle East and India tamed Cheetahs and trained them to ride horses.
4X6N5 TIL Some members of the Donner party survived after their campfire fell through 25 feet of snow and landed on the ground, creating a cave-like area for them to shelter from an incoming winter storm.
X0JWk TIL about Jerry Thomas, considered "the father of American mixology." In 1862, Thomas collected and codified the oral tradition of recipes from the early days of cocktails, including the first written recipes for the Fizz, Flip, Sour, Punch, and Tom Collins.
m15wv TIL Dr. Bronner left Germany in 1929 fearing the rise of Nazis but his parents refused. His last contact with them was in the form of a censored postcard saying, "You were right. —Your loving father."
XErWk TIL about "The Demon Core", a mass of plutonium that was responsible for the death of two scientists on two separate occasions.