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TIL Alexander the Great’s will called for the “transplant of populations from Asia to Europe and in the opposite direction… to bring the largest continent to friendship by means of intermarriage and family ties”

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xVEjb TIL Twinkies were invented as a way to use a Continental Bakery's shortcake pans for the 46 weeks each year outside of strawberry season. In the Depression these were cheap and easy to mass produce.
g1mA TIL the Kinsey Institute discovered that the correlation between cuddling frequency and overall relationship satisfaction was higher in men than in women. Men DO like to cuddle.
KYLGG TIL Michael Kearney (who spoke his first word at four-months-old) completed his Bachelor's degree in anthropology in two years to become the youngest ever university graduate at the age of 10.
xAdw TIL that Jefferson’s original Declaration of Independence contained a paragraph about the evils of slavery.
KYA9a TIL that in 1963 the Australian Army conducted "Operation Blowdown", in which 50 tons of TNT was detonated to simulate the effects of a nuclear weapon on a tropical rainforest.