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TIL that evolution probably explains why so many of us are sexually attracted to butts

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jwAE TIL: Snipers Attacked A Silicon Valley Power Station Last Year And Nobody Told Us
EgE80 TIL the special effect in sci-fi movies of a 2D ring of energy or matter emanating from an explosion is called the 'Praxis Effect', named after the visual effect of the explosion of the planet Praxis in Star Trek VI. Other uses include the seismic charges in Star Wars Attack of the Clones.
J1BR8 TIL During the Second Punic War, it's been suggested that upwards of 300,000 Roman soldiers were killed by Hannibal's army. At the Battle of Cannae alone, about 20% of Rome's fighting age men were killed (up to 70k), and by the end of the war, 1 in 6 of Rome's adult male population was dead.
wLgQW TIL that the Black Crowes album "Amorica" featured a controversial album cover taken from an iconic Hustler magazine cover that showed pubic hair sticking out of an American flag string bikini. It was banned, and a new cover was issued blacking out all but the flag bikini.
5YxkP TIL Bud Abbott, of Abbott and Costello, quit school at the age of ten. One of his first jobs was shilling for a house of mirrors on Coney Island, when people inevitably got lost in the maze of mirrors he would charge 10 cents to guide them out.