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TIL of Male Michrochimism. Women retain living male DNA in their brains...

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pmdN TIL that in late 2007, a street in Central London had to be shut down due to reports of a chemical weapons attack. It was actually a Thai restaurant cooking up hot sauce.
ZpJeY TIL in 1979, LA-based punk band X were at a nightclub covering a Doors song. Unbeknownst to them, Doors’ organist Ray Manzarek was in the audience. That night, Ray became their producer, and together they made the album "Los Angeles" - which is now ranked as one of the greatest ‘80s of all time.
4XPZ6 TIL there are seven species of perching birds named "attilas" after Attila the Hun (due to their very predatory and aggressive nature, despite their small size). Attilas are in the family Tyrannidae (the tyrant flycatchers).
p8r8b TIL Playing Tetris for three minutes stops you craving sex, alcohol and food
x6rl5 TIL that Sparta Pop Culture image of Military Prowess is mostly a myth as Spartans were land owning aristocrats who only had citizens militia.