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TIL: Viagra can reduce the risk of Alzheimer's by 70%

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G4JG TIL that in 1873 a war broke out between Republicans and Democrats after both sides claimed they won the state election for Governor. Louisiana Democrats formed a “shadow” government, their own paramilitary force called the White League, and massacred more than 150 African Americans.
Zp58G TIL the island of Camiguin in the Philippines has more volcanoes than towns
5lV9 TIL that Gottfried Leibniz, in addition to inventing calculus, also built an early computer, investigated binary numbers, and worked on developing a programming language… in the 1600s.
eJAb TIL That Marie Curie is the only person to ever win two Nobel Prizes in differing science fields; chemistry and physics.
xoeD TIL that the phrase ‘cellar door’ was determined by experts to be the most euphonious phrase, or pleasant sounding, in all of English.