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TIL That Golden Gaytime, a popular Australian ice cream treat, has the slogan "It's hard to have a Gaytime on your own".

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aQ4A TIL Ernest Hemingway begged his wife not to send him for more electroshock treatments because he lost so much of his memory he couldn’t even remember his own name. He committed suicide the day after his 36th shock treatment.
jGrj TIL That redheads experience more pain and require about 20% more anesthesia when going into surgery because a gene that influences their red hair color also influences pain receptors in the body.
dver There is a song that has been proven to help you sleep. “The result on listeners is a slowing of the heart rate, reduced blood pressure and lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol.”
D1OKJ TIL Romans conquered England during 1st Century AD, then decided it was best to build a wall (Hadrian’s Wall) to keep the Scottish out (ancestors) and protect themselves
Br8By TIL about Aleksey Maresyev, a pilot who was shot down in Nazi territory, lost the use of his legs, and crawled for eighteen days before returning to Soviet territory. His legs were then amputated. Nevertheless, within a year he was flying again on prosthetic legs.