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TIL the U.S. Department of Defense spent $41.6 million on Viagra and $84.24 million total on drugs for erectile dysfunction in 2014. Less than 10% of prescriptions were for troops, the rest went to retirees or family members covered by military health plans.

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m1NLM TIL that after Leon Czolgosz was executed for assassinating US Pres. William McKinley, the prison warden poured sulfuric acid on the corpse, burned his belongings, and refused to turn over the body to Leon's brother. This was to prevent exhibitions of his life
5VDp8 TIL about the Manhattan Schist: a 450 million year old piece of bedrock, remnants of the Appalachian Mountains, that exists close to and above the surface of the ground. Something not seen anywhere else in the world, and one of the main reasons it’s possible for Manhattan’s dense skyscrapers
WkXN8 TIL in 1972 a snorkeling chemist investigating what he first believed was a buried corpse uncovered the Riace Bronzes, little known to the public and today considered by many to be the most exquisite and alluring statues ever made for their combined realism and exaggeration of key features
vPeyK TIL that Spotted Hyenas, while easily tamed, make terrible house pets.
0wbMR TIL of the H - Index. A ranking of scientific authors and scholars according to productivity and citation impact of publications. It also takes into account things like obtaining the Nobel prize, being a research fellow or holding a high position at a university. Albert Einstein has an H index of 44