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TIL about Manhattan's Bermuda Triangle, a five block radius around the Empire State Building where cars mysteriously die

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neYEW TIL: 19th century investor, Jay Gould, mastered short selling stocks by selling borrowed stocks and then publishing negative rumors about the company he borrowed them from in a newspaper he owned so he could buy the stocks back at a profit.
R5DP1 TIL the writer of Unforgiven (1992) was primarily a science fiction writer. He co-wrote: Blade Runner, 12 Monkeys, Leviathan, and the fantasy Ladyhawke, while also witting the 1998 sci-fi film Soldier.
bEA4 TIL Women prefer the scent of a man that has a different genetic code for their immune system in their DNA: Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) Women who take birth control pills prefer the opposite.
MebnV TIL the first documented use of toilet paper dates back in 589AD in early medieval China. Elsewhere, wealthy people wiped themselves with wool, lace or hemp, while others used their hand when defecating into rivers, using rags, wood shavings, leaves, grass, hay, stones, sand, moss,water, snow, etc.
yQevl TIL people in Medieval times accused of crimes could opt for a "trial by ordeal" where they stick their hands in boiling water, if innocent, God would stop them burning. The priests who administered this would secretly cool the water beforehand if they thought the defendant was innocent