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TIL 20% of the US population watched the 1978 World Series, while only 2.7% watched the 2024 World Series

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loa9r TIL more than 50% of Earth is unmapped
GAg47 TIL the act of women flashing their genitals has been believed to scare off demons as far back as the ancient Greeks.
lAYG TIL lab tests have shown that cats don’t love you the way dogs do. Tests has shown that a dog releases Oxytocin (love hormone) in their brains at MUCH higher levels when compared to cats. A dog releases upwards to 60% while a cat releases 12%.
D15ZP TIL that 10-35% of people share the same genetic trait that makes us having to sneeze when looking towards the sun
6Mkm TIL that the Oxford linguistic philosopher J. L. Austin made the claim that although a double negative in English implies a positive meaning, there is no language in which a double positive implies a negative. To which Sidney Morgenbesser responded in a dismissive tone, “Yeah, yeah.”