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TIL before Tom Hardy became an actor, he made a mixtape entitled Falling on your Arse and would regularly rap under the name Tommy No 1

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OGAV7 TIL that nose size appears to be a significant predictor of penile size. The volume, length and height of the noses were confirmed to be related to the penile size (according to a 2023 South Korean study of 1160 men) A 2021Japanese study, conducted on 126 corpses, had similar outcomes
Oogb6 TIL that the archaic study of head shape (Phrenology) is responsible for many sayings. Intelligent people had a "highbrow", stupid people had a "lowbrow", people with balanced attributes' heads were "well-rounded" and psychiatrists would reduce areas of people's brains and were called "shrinks".
WZBd TIL: North Carolina performed forced sterilizations well into 1970s to combat poverty and welfare costs. If their board deamed you mentally defective, that was their solution.
EGRx TIL Dreamworks’ Antz was made by former Disney employee who was told the story for Pixar’s A Bug’s Life years in advance. When he left Disney, he co-founded Dreamworks and used the story to make Antz, rushed production and released it a month before Pixar did. Pixar still grossed $70 million more.
mxxOy TIL that the term "incel" and the concept of "involuntary celibacy" was coined by a woman.