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TIL Kings of Leon's band members are all related - 3 brothers, and 1 cousin

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vP49D TIL that as early as 1802, Thomas Jefferson designed a cypher wheel to encrypt messages. It's unknown if he ever actually built or used one, but a similar tool was invented for the U.S. Army to use from 1920 until the start of WWII. Jefferson's designs were discovered shortly after.
YNGd TIL of Toxoplasmosis Gondii, a brain parasite spread through cat feces, which slows rats, and causes attraction to cats. This parasite is transmissible to humans, and can cause humans to excessively care for cats. Also, infected female humans(&rats) are more likely to find infected males attractive.
P99g TIL there is a neural condition called witzelsucht that causes people to speak in puns!
gMmOW TIL that the quality of a woman’s voice fluctuates through the course of her menstrual cycle with the “best voice” (higher pitch) during the ovulatory phase & “worst” during the premenstrual phase which is referred to as “premenstrual voice syndrome.”
aQW9 TIL that in Ancient Rome, the “Traditors” were Christians who betrayed other Christians to Roman authorities. It’s from these people that we get the words “traitor” and “treason”.