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TIL making girls play video games improves their spatial intelligence to match boys

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yVrWV TIL that Suzanne Somers was fired from 'Three’s Company' for asking for equal pay with her male co-star, John Ritter, who was earning five times her salary.
kOXVg Today I Learned during the Second World War, spies were given garlic flavoured chocolate before parachuting into occupied France, so their breath smelled convincingly French which helped them to blend in
MBMW TIL the during the filming of the Great Escape’s famous motorcycle chase, Steve McQueen not only did most of his own motorcycle stunts, but also did it as one of the nazis chasing his character. Thus, thru the power of editing, Steve McQueen is actually chasing himself.
nWJob TIL that long before the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns around the world, Mexico had a 5 day nationwide lockdown in 2009 (with nearly identical rules to those seen during the Covid lockdowns) for the H1N1 swine flu pandemic.
x6gk TIL that it’s legal to kill a Scotsman in York as long as he has a bow and arrow.