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TIL that “Red skies at night, sailor’s delight…” can be scientifically proven.

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D1ang TIL about Havelock Ellis, a 19th century English sexologist, who thought he was impotent until age 60, where he discovered he was "aroused by a woman urinating". He also co-authored early medical textbooks on homosexuality, pioneered investigating psychedelic drugs and married an open lesbian.
8eRX4 TIL Female Bark lice have spined penises they use to mate with unwilling partners for up to 70 hours
rRJ5o TIL in 1923 Illinois officially passed legislation replacing English with 'American' as their official language, making it the only state in the Union where people legally 'speak American'
6oJw TIL Meredith Baker, a former member of the FCC, joined Comcast 4 months after voting for the merger of Comcast and NBC Universal.
yxNp TIL: A quarter of the world’s hazelnut supply is used to make Nutella