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TIL Gonads are an actual medical term

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Elw0 TIL there is a charity that pays $300 to drug addicts if they get sterilized
J1mk TIL there is a bog here in Florida that was an ancient burial pond and contains human remains that were buried almost 2000 years before the first pyramids. The skeletal remains were preserved so well that they managed to collect soft brain tissue from the skulls.
1aQ5D TIL that in the 50s, Orange Julius stands handed out Bible tracts, but by the 70s, adopted the devil as their mascot before being sued.
9wY1p Today I learned about Maslow's hierarchy of needs, a theory in psychology often depicted as a pyramid. They are physiological (food and clothing), safety (job security), love and belonging needs (friendship), esteem, and self-actualization.
7r8lb TIL of the Paradox of the Court.Protagoras taught Euathlus who agreed to pay him after his first victory.He did not practise law and Protagoras decided to sue him for the money, arguing that should still be paid even if he fails because Euathlus would have won his first case