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TIL of "The Golden Ratio" of Male Versus Female Speed Records for Swimming and Running: Females Tend to Set Times at 90% of the Male Equivalent.

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JY8rj TIL: That during the design process of the World Trade Center, engineers had considered and done an analysis of a scenario where a jet airliner impacted a tower.
4aVg TIL sexual intercourse produces five times more hormones than that of masturbation.
lorQ1 TIL that the first stall in public restrooms is most likely to be the cleanest. According to studies, people tend to choose the middle one because of the “centrality preference.” On the other hand, the first stall, which is the least used, is likely to be the cleanest.
eZ6 TIL that Christopher Robin, on whom the Winnie the Pooh character is based, grew to resent his father for associating him with the stories.
m15R TIL that insurgents in Iraq used the geotags from pictures posted to the Internet by soldiers to target and destroy 4 Apache attack helicopters on the ground