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TIL Repeated exposure to their partners sperm can reduce pregnancy complications in women

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GOa5 TIL of Frank Nelson Cole. At a 1903 meeting of the American Mathematical Society, Cole—while remaining completely silent—showed on a chalkboard an important new proof by, among other things, calculating 193,707,721 × 761,838,257,287 by hand. He sat down after an hour to a standing ovation.
Z8OjY TIL that Napoleon was of average height for his era and that his reputation as a short man was largely spread through the works of British satirical cartoonist James Gillray. His satire was so effective that Napoleon once said that Gillray "did more than all the armies of Europe to bring me down."
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QNPPe TIL that Steve Jobs delayed Cancer treatment for 9 months, then it was too late. Despite his cancer type being more treatable, he choose "herbal" medicine.