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TIL The Romans had so much sex they drove a plant they used for birth control into extinction

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mxX4p TIL married men make 10 to 20% more money on average than men who choose to stay single their entire lives.
XEMZP TIL the Battle of the Eclipse, the last battle in a 6 year war between the Medes and the Lydians in 6th century BC, came to a sudden halt when a solar eclipse turned day into night. Both armies halted fighting and reached a peace agreement.
699eX TIL that Nostalgia was originally classified as a mental disorder
xQDb TIL in 1958, the US Air Force made plans to detonate a nuclear bomb on the moon and wanted it to visible by the naked eye on earth. They hoped it would boost American morale to counter the USSR’s advances in the space race. Project_A119
BExe TIL NYPD ex-cop Adrian Schoolcraft secretly recorded corrupt activities for 17 months in 2008, leading to a huge scandal and 4 separate investigations into NYPD. He recorded illegal arrests, superiors giving illegal orders, multiple rape reports getting downgraded to trespassing and more.