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TIL Slimmer women's waist is associated with better erectile function in men independent of age

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DrPJ TIL A guy named Ole Worm found evidence that “lemmings were rodents and not, as some thought, spontaneously generated by the air.”
wLEoP TIL Detox Plans have no scientific basis. They are considered a waste of time and money by scientists.
QNMDk TIL Tipping in the United States became popular in the late 19th Century due to restaurant owners refusing to pay Black workers after the ratification of the 15th Amendment.
nb8r TIL that Häagen-Dazs’s brand name is completely nonsensical, but is meant to sound vaguely Danish: the creator “sat at the kitchen table for hours saying nonsensical words until he came up with a combination he liked. The reason he chose this method was so that the name would be unique and original”
VPGp TIL: A Public Defender dared a deputy sheriff to arrest her, then sued for false arrest, and won (sort of). Both sides effectively told to grow up.