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TIL who else is in the LPGA Hall of Fame alongside New Zealand's Lydia Ko.

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X54r TIL in 1979 when New York City made it illegal to carry open containers of alcohol in public, the law was pitched to only target the anti-social homeless. A city councilman supporting the law: “We do not recklessly expect the police to give a summons to a Con Ed worker having a beer with his lunch”.
PXWO TIL that the main programmer responsible for writing and maintaining the GNU Privacy Guard (used by journalists and security professionals) almost went broke, but he received funding from Facebook, The Linux Foundation and Stripe after an internet article pointed out his dire financial situation.
R5wo1 TIL that during their time living underground, Cicadas bodies, and their burrows are coated in anal fluids
nNYd TIL David Lunt was shot through the skull and brain by a revolver and not only lived after the shot, but also felt no pain from it. He died 67 days later and his autopsy revealed that the gunshot was what killed him. Coroners still don’t know how Lunt survived for so long and felt no pain.
oBbWr TIL a questionnaire was sent to 800 migraine patients and 200 cluster headache patients about their experience with sexual activity during a headache attack. The researchers found that sexual activity lead to partial or complete relief of headache in about 30% of the patients.