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TIL testosterone increases by 200% when genital skin is exposed to the sun

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VBvpD TIL: about Krystyna Skarbek, a Polish agent of the British Special Operations Executive (SOE). She became a British agent months before the SOE was founded in July 1940. She was the first female agent of the British to serve in the field and the longest-serving of all Britain's wartime women agents.
d8A77 TIL of the so-called "Ace of the Aces." An American fighter pilot who had 40 wins, more than any other during during WWII. His name? Dick Bong.
lolx7 TIL that comedian Ron White of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour was an Executive Producer of the 2013 documentary film ‘Bridegroom’, which centered around a man who was unable to attend the funeral of his same-sex fiance following his tragic accidental death.
vPRWr TIL about the well-travelled road effect – a cognitive bias whereby we view frequently travelled routes as taking a shorter time than unfamiliar or less frequently travelled ones.
Z8ZJB TIL there is a Russian version of the Lord of the Rings based on the premise that the original LOTR is a "history written by the victors;" in reality Mordor was on the verge of an industrial revolution which was a threat to the war-mongering and imperialistic faction represented by Gandalf/the elves