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TIL until the 20th century, Egyptians believed that men menstruated. This was because of Schistosomiasis, an extremely common disease that causes bloody urine.

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7MrM TIL that a Japanese mathematician independently invented much of calculus
epDwn TIL the Hindi/Sanskrit word that Ancient Indians (~5000 BCE) used and still use for "Study of Geography" and it is "Bhoo-Gol", literally "Bhoo" = Land or Earth and "Gol/Gola" = Round
Br9Ak TIL Victoria Coren Mitchell's fear-of-flying counsellor was killed in a plane crash
vaNB TIL that famous paintings that expressed the horrific emotion of war by painter and printmaker Francisco Goya were defaced by the modern artists the Chapman brothers who painted over the visible victims’ heads with those of clowns’ and puppies’ heads causing outrage in the art world.
e0JbL TIL Sal Mineo found Jill Haworth and Aaron Spelling at a private Beverly Hills nightclub and punched Spelling in the face, yelling, "Do you know how old she is? What are you doing with her at your age?"