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TIL girls can get so stressed it actually stops our ovulation and we skip a period.

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ElAW TIL: St. Lawrence was roasted alive on a giant grill during the persecution. He joked with his tormentors, “Turn me over—I’m done on this side”. He is now the patron saint of cooks, comedians, and firefighters.
Ypr1W TIL that John B. Goodenough (apart from the very interesting name) was a Nobel laureate in chemistry who is credited with the identification and development of the lithium-ion battery, and for seminal developments in computer random-access memory.
B4DD TIL the burial site of Genghis Khan has still not been found. The funeral escort allegedly killed anyone and anything that could haves witnessed the location of the emperor’s final resting place. The slaves that built the tomb were also slaughtered, as were the soldiers that murdered them..
99K6 TIL In 2005 the Mexican Army crossed into US territory for the first time since WWII, to help feed victims of Hurricane Katrina
WkAoN TIL When Picasso died at the age of 91, he left more than 45,000 works. In 1980 the Picasso estate was appraised at $250 million, but experts have said the true value was actually in the billions. Picasso did not leave a will, the division of his holdings took six years among seven heirs