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TIL that Nikola Tesla was voluntarily chaste, despite numerous women “vying for his affections… some even madly in love with him”, because he believed sex inhibited his abilities to think in a scientific manner

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Wlo4 TIL that the first confirmed “high five” was between LA Dodger teammates Dusty Baker and Glenn Burke on Oct 2, 1977. After Baker hit his 30th homerun of season, Burke met him at home plate with his hand held high over his head and Baker smacked it, later saying “It seemed like the thing to do.”
B0WL TIL that when Quentin Tarantino invited John Travolta to come by his apartment to discuss playing Vincent in Pulp Fiction, Travolta had interesting news: it was the exact same apartment that he rented while getting his start in Hollywood.
N7lg6 TIL people vandalize and protest the statue of Winston Churchill, one of the great humans of history - a true giant of our race, a man who may have literally saved the world from Nazi rule
1rX8 TIL Before 1800 four first names referred to half of all English men
nP0o TIL there was a troop of ancient Greek soldiers made up entirely of gay couples called the Sacred Band of Thebes