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TIL that Martha Washington named her horny tomcat after Alexander Hamilton to make fun of him for being such a flirt.

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WGjA TIL of the legend that Athens’ first female physician dressed as a man to help women during childbirth. Male physicians accused her of seducing the women, leading to her appearing in court, where she revealed herself as a female and Athenian law was changed to allow female physicians.
0do91 TIL that on the book cover of Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life is a man coming not crying. The cover image is “Orgasmic Man” by Peter Hujar, which depicts sexual ecstasy and male vulnerability.
Xdkk TIL Pablo Escobar spent $2500 per month on rubber bands to hold stacks of bills together
gMwa7 TIL owning an electric car in Norway grants you free public parking, free ferry rides and the right to drive in bus lanes.
0wKAM TIL: There is a Canadian island called Devon Island, which is largest uninhabited island in the world and it is used to simulate Mars like environment by scientist because of its uncanny similarity with Martian surface .