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TIL that lower testosterone has been scientifically proven to be associated with leftist beliefs

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grED4 TIL During the 19th century, people would attend clinics where they could receive electric shock treatments using devices like the "Electro-Conductive Bath." The idea was that these shocks could apparently cure everything from insomnia to depression.
BgNjL TIL the Amistad case, wherein the Supreme Court granted the return of slaves to Africa, is credited with being the first civil rights case in the U.S. John Quincy Adams, who argued the case, was 72 yrs old, almost blind, a Congressman, and had not argued a case as a lawyer in more than 30 years.
DWrD TIL Boris Yeltsin signed a presidential decree in 1996 that gave the old Soviet flag similar status as the Russian national flag and it is still flown on certain holidays
oBnmR TIL: Katherine Johnson - BY HAND - She calculated rockets trajectories by hand. Buzz Aldrin trusted NO-ONE else. Not even their computers.
E17vd TIL: Fels-Naptha soap no longer contains naptha