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TIL men are significantly more likely to be homosexual if they have older brothers.

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0971 TIL Charles Darwin in his work “On the Origin of the Species” stated: “I see no good reason why the views given in this volume should shock the religious feelings of any one.”
907G TIL there’s a bracelet with a white bead that carries water from Mt. Everest and on the opposite side, a black bead which contains mud from the Dead Sea (the highest and lowest points on Earth)
kJp95 TIL that the oldest surviving film "Roundhay Garden Scene" is from 1888. It is a 3 second clip of a family in a garden.
rN1p0 TIL In 1985, James Stephen Fossett an American businessman set a world record for the longest non-stop flight in a hot air balloon, flying 3,737 miles (6,036 kilometers) from South Dakota to Texas.
DQKye TIL of, 'Blood on the Risers,' a WWII Paratrooper song based on, 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic,' which the paratroopers changed the lyrics to a chilling story about a paratrooper whose parachute failed.