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TIL Memphis has an advertising campaign to discourage murder called Real Men Don't Murder

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7x6X TIL In 1997, an Emory researcher died as a result of a monkey flinging poop into her eyes.
LkOjP TIL that when a man had a heart attack at a grocery story in rural Minnesota, 20 people lined up and performed CPR on him for over an hour and a half until paramedics arrived - and he survived
Mek0 TIL your brain burns 20% of your daily calories, despite only being 2% of your body mass.
0d7Kp TIL The song "Yankee Doodle" was originally sung by the British during the Revolutionary War to mock Americans. "Yankee doodle dandy" meant an uncultured, effeminate, American. When the Americans began winning, they started singing the song themselves to mock the British.
P7Bg TIL that many ancient Egyptian Pharaohs were overweight and unhealthy, in contrast to their typical depiction. That was likely due to a sugary diet of alcohol, bread and honey.