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TIL a 2023 study found sniffing women’s tears reduced male aggression by 44%

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vyb4 TIL that Jerry Jones, in order to have nothing come from Pittsburgh, had the steel for the new Cowboys stadium shipped from Luxembourg
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nWE6r TIL Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon made a pinball game about driving Marilyn Monroe, Mikhail Gorbachev, Santa Claus, and Dracula around in a taxi
VMP78 TIL that William Francis Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut, was kidnapped by Hezbollah and tortured for 15 months, forcing him to reveal a network of agents, who then were killed or disappeared.
GYNxg TIL that a local bully who constantly evaded the law despite his numerous horrible crimes was shot dead in front of 40+ townsfolk. They all protected the shooter & claimed they saw nothing. Even today, nobody has been charged with the crime.