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TIL Researchers found that the best way to protect against heart disease was to drink beer daily, or almost daily, but to limit consumption to between half a litre and one litre a day

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9w4lQ TIL the Rapsittie Street Kids were originally called the "Bash Street Kids" but Wolf Tracer had to change it to avoid legal action
gM5b4 TIL: In the Western medical tradition, genital massage of a woman to orgasm by a physician or midwife was a standard treatment for female hysteria, an ailment considered common and chronic in women, the technique of genital massage for a disease called "womb disease.
v1ZlR TIL that in 1893, New Zealand became the first self-governing country in the world to grant women national voting rights.
5YRpD TIL that the “Grizzly Adams did have a beard” guy, Lee Trevino. (Who is also considered one of the greatest golfer of all time.) Wished he had never been apart of Happy Gilmore, due to “foul” words.
6EeDZ TIL During the University of Texas shooting, pregnant student Claire Wilson was shot, and her fiance killed. While Wilson lay crying out for help directly in the sniper's view, student Rita Starpattern ran to her and played dead for 90 minutes, talking to Wilson to keep her awake until help arrived.