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TIL a sports science researcher from France, Jean-Denis Rouillon of the University of Besançon, found after fifteen years of empirical research that women who go braless have, on average, perkier breasts, with nipples on average 7mm higher in relation to their shoulders than regular bra users.

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N7JWP TIL that a government funded Minecraft Replica of Denmark, intended for educational purposes, was bombed several times by American hackers using smuggled in game dynamite, after which they planted several US flags on detonation sites.
xV661 TIL that atheist bloggers in Bangladesh have been hacked to death for promoting secular humanism
law5 TIL the first recorded mention of whiskey is from an Irishman in 1405 dying of alcohol poisoning during Christmas.
WkarX TIL hypnosis can be used as an alternative to general anesthesia in some surgeries (local anesthesia is still used). The practice of hypnosis during surgery to reduce pain has been around for centuries, and more than 34 clinical trials and numerous published papers have shown hypnosedation works.
0wQVL TIL the US had nuclear-armed suicide commandos called Green Light Teams