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TIL: In 2010 competitive swimming banned polyurethane suits in swimming that could reduce drag up to 8%, after records were broken in droves. The thin layer of fabric was made up of tiny bubbles that trapped air and actually made the swimmer float higher in the water.

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4ZNa TIL that the Paraguayan War was the bloodiest war in Latin American history. Paraguay lost nearly 70% of their male population. After the war, some surviving men began to practice polygamy due to the gender disparity in an attempt to recover the population.
YJj7 TIL the musicians of the Titanic were legally considered independent contractors rather than crew, so their families received no survivor benefits.
WG7d TIL A woman confessed to trying to kill her husband by putting poison in her vagina and urging him to have oral sex with her. One commentator dubbed the murder plot “cunning cunnilingus.”
OGYk7 TIL more than 45,000 people bought fake cell phones and antennas for their cars as a false status symbol in the 80s
gMXeD TIL a Wisconsin man has eaten over 30,000 Big Mac hamburgers over 46 years, averaging 2 per day. He has only missed eight days in those 46 years, including when his mother died as she requested he forgo the burger in her memory.