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TIL in 1966 Playboy sent a black journalist to interview George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party. “He took out a pearl-handled revolver, placed it pointedly on the arm of his chair, sat back and spoke for the first time: ‘I’m ready if you are.’”

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Ev90 TIL that the term Peeping Tom comes from when Lady Godiva, an Earl’s wife, tried to convince him to lower the heavy taxes on the poor. He told her that he would if she rode through town naked. When she did it, the townsfolk all averted their eyes out of courtesy; except for one tailor named Tom.
R5bOl TIL that human beings share around 20 percent of their genes with a banana. These genes' functions are most likely basic housekeeping proteins involved in metabolic processes that are necessary for most, if not all, eukaryotic life (who have cells with a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles).
XEopP TIL that we evolved to like spices because they have antimicrobial properties, thus, reducing food poisoning, especially in hot climates
LQo9Z TIL that first person to perform cardiac catheterization did so on himself. He then walked downstairs to the radiology department to take an x-ray to prove that the procedure was not fatal. Despite his success, he was fired and later became a Nazi. However, he eventually won the Nobel Prize.
eV94 TIL Research reveals viewers begin to abandon a streaming video if it does not start up within two seconds. Each additional second of delay results in a 5.8 percent increase in the abandonment rate