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TIL women are significantly more likely than men to experience partner abandonment during serious illness

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DQwPr TIL Shakespeare invented the name « Jessica »
mxREx TIL that the Coolidge effect is a biological phenomenon seen in animals, whereby males exhibit renewed sexual interest whenever a new female is introduced to have sex with, even after cessation of sex with prior but still available sexual partners. It is named after President Calvin Coolidge.
j6eZN TIL that there was human species called Homo Floresiensis, that were very small - only 1.1 m (3 f 7in) in heights