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1Zgd TIL that women in poor countries with worse health tend to be attracted more to masculine looking men, while women in rich countries prefer more feminine looking men
nvb9 TIL That there is a suspended monorail in Germany that was build in 1897 and still moves 25 million passengers annually.
AO4o TIL that whenever al-Qaeda organised games of volleyball, Mohammed Atef and Osama Bin Laden were forced to be on separate teams since they were both tall, and skilled players.
x6yYo TIL There’s a $75k surgery to make you taller (info in comments)
0wLjR TIL about Tidal locking when rotation and translation takes the same time. For example, the same side of the Moon always faces the Earth. And almost all bodies will eventually be tidal locked.