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TIL a duel between two doctors was averted because one refused to fight in the morning and the other refused to fight in the afternoon

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4eOo TIL Playboy considered creating a reality show where homely women from small-town America would receive Playboy-style makeovers to become Playmate material. It was dropped when the director said “Playboy is about beauty. We’re not going to associate Playboy with women that don’t meet our standards.”
R5161 TIL that when the Roe v. Wade decision was established in 1973, the Supreme Court was made up entirely of men with no female justices involved. However, when Roev.Wade was overturned in 2022, women were serving on the Supreme Court and participated in the vote, including a woman who voted against it
rNLDw TIL that approximately 80% of faculty members (i.e., professors) with Ph.D.s in the U.S. were trained at just 20% of universities, while the five most common doctoral training universities account for one in eight U.S.-trained faculty members.
NxpE TIL: Ed Sheeran wrote and recorded most of “I See Fire” for The Hobbit the same day he screened the film, learning violin in the process
b9yP9 TIL that until 2009 it was against the law to yell, hoot, whistle or sing in the town of Petrolia, Ontario, Canada.