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TIL the first mass-produced bicycle for women was called the Ladies’ Psycho

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J1Q1l TIL the largest funeral home and cemetery owner is a publicly traded company that made over $4 billion in revenue in 2022
woKbJ TIL that Doors frontman Jim Morrison, one of the most iconic figures of the 1960s counterculture, was the son of U.S. Navy Admiral George Stephen Morrison, commander of U.S. forces in the Gulf of Tonkin incident that jumpstarted America's involvement in the Vietnam War.
wo5eP TIL in 1947 Raytheon built the first commercially available microwave oven. It weighed 750 pounds, was water-cooled and cost about US$5,000 ($61,000 in 2021 dollars).
OoMv4 TIL that Poo-phoria occurs when your bowel movement stimulates the vagus nerve, which descends from the brain stem to the colon. It takes a particularly "large mass of stool" to trigger poo-phoria and its vagal-nerve-induced feelings of exhilaration, intense relaxation, and goose bumps.
A4ml TIL The Polish government funded CD Projekt RED, granting them 7 Million US$ to make their upcoming game, Cyberpunk 2077