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TIL Dr. Seuss illustrated a bestselling book called The Pocket Book of Boners.

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5Vew9 TIL that Titanic crewman Herbert Pitman made an attempt to row his lifeboat over to rescue people in the water, but was overruled by the other occupants of the boat, who were worried about people swarming them and duly complied. Pitman said that this haunted him throughout his life.
QJjlp TIL in 1131 the co-king of France, Philip, died when the horse he was riding tripped over a pig.
66p8 TIL that the personal bodyguards of the Byzantine Emperor were primarily Scandinavians and Anglo-Saxons. They comprised the “Varangian Guard” which was also an Elite Unit of the Byzantine Army. The loyalty and honor of these “axe-bearing barbarians” became a trope of Byzantine writers.
woK87 TIL that 51% of births are male because female fetuses are more likely to die during pregnancy
x6MxB TIL traditional Cherokee clothing includes turbans