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TIL Aquinas said that rape is less serious than masturbation because at least in the case of rape the genitalia are being used for their proper purpose and conception might result.

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BA9W TIL that the average attention span for humans seems to have dropped from 12 seconds in the year 2000, to 8 seconds in 2016.
GADaJ TIL heterochrony – the mechanism by which giraffes acquired their long necks and us our big brains
eON5 TIL that in 1872 the ship, Mary Celeste, was found abandoned in the middle of calm seas, with one lifeboat and its entire crew of experienced sailors missing. All the food and personal belongings on board were found in place. The mystery has yet to been solved.
8e95a TIL the platypus was initially believed to be a hoax by European scientists who discovered it. The platypus is a unique mammal that lays eggs, has a duck-like bill, a beaver-like tail, otter-like feet. However, indigenous Aboriginal people were already aware of the creature's existence.
v1xGB TIL that when future Czar Nicholas II visited Japan in 1891, he came back to Russia with a dragon tattoo and was nearly assassinated by a Japanese policeman who swung a sword at his face