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TIL that the male brain is on average 9% larger than a female brain, even after correcting for body size.

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BjDy TIL there is a star “Przybylski’s star” with elements that are thought to be impossible to exist in nature in its light spectrum. gadolinium, einsteinium, etc. Many theories say it’s aliens dumping them there as a signal of their existence
MoPA TIL in 1988, Cosmopolitan released an article saying that women should not worry about contracting HIV from infected men and that “most heterosexuals are not at risk”, claiming it was impossible to transmit HIV in the missionary position.
xVa07 TIL that the word “quarantine” comes from the 40-day period, or “quaranti giorni,” that ships were required to wait outside of the port Venice, Italy during the time of the Black Death (1346-53).
aPJL TIL in the US nonfatal firearm crimes dropped from 1.5 million in 1993 to 467,300 in 2011
X0gDE TIL over one million mummified animals have been found in Egypt. (Mostly cats, of course.)