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TIL pulmonary tuberculosis was associated with fragility and sexual attractiveness in the 19th century

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yOje TIL that nipple stimulation increases sexual arousal in 81.5% of women compared to just 51.7% of men
BrdlW TIL Not only does Eminem not know how to work a computer, he refuses to learn. "If I learn how to work a computer, I'm going to be on that b**** all day looking at comments about me, and it's going to drive me crazy." His manager says anytime he reads a review it affects him for a long time.
Y4ZB TIL 35% of polled American workers said they would be willing to forego a significant pay raise in exchange for having their boss fired.
vPamx TIL that the word "boycott" is named after Charles Boycott, a landlord who became ostracized after an organized movement not to do business with him
e0Kx5 TIL Chris Morris, from the IT Crowd, has been fired from many jobs due to the many pranks he has pulled during his radio career, including filling one of the radio booths with helium, causing the newsreader to report the news in an extremely high-pitched voice.