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TIL: In 2023, Stanford found the particular neuronal circuit responsible for male libido by experimenting with mice that has not seen a female for 3-4 weeks. This could lead to drugs that severely boosts or dampens male libido without changing aggression or blood flow like modern drugs.

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lo5pG TIL at the start of the 1539 siege of Vienna by the Ottomans, their leader, Suleiman I, was so sure of his victory that he boasted that he would be having breakfast in Vienna cathedral within 14 days. 14 days later, the Austrians sent him a letter, telling him his breakfast was getting cold.
xJRo TIL police in west Germany located a man who had a warrant for unpaid fines. They confronted him just as his slot machine struck a jackpot, and he avoided jail time by paying his fine on the spot.
5YVVk TIL a nationwide study conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1999 and 2000 found low levels of pharmaceuticals—including antibiotics, hormones, contraceptives and steroids—in 80 percent of the rivers and streams sampled.
70ZZ TIL The Headquarters of Campbell Soup has been in Camden, New Jersey since 1869. It has since decided to remain in the city despite the economic decline of the neighborhood so it may be a positive influence in its future revitalization
6EWK8 TIL the grandson of the commandant of Auschwitz, who has denounced the Nazis, wears a Star of David at all times and was informally adopted as the "grandson" of a woman who survived Auschwitz and Mengele's experiments