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TIL that Moneymaker is a real surname

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nKoB TIL an experiment gave mice a utopia with social roles to all, no predators and unlimited food. After population boomed reproduction gradually stopped, they became aggressive, isolated themselves and total breakdown in social structures led extinction. Researchers compared it to trends in mankind.
8eJ5b TIL the Goths besieging Constantinople in 378 AD were left stunned when one of the defenders stormed out of the city completely naked, decapitated one of the attackers and proceeded to drink the blood from his neck
DQgnp TIL that the new car smell we all know and love is made up of multiple chemicals and can cause serious health hazards
R7vZj TIL that a loofah sponge is actually a type of cucumber and not from the ocean.
KYydJ TIL Aaron Sorkin, known for creating West Wing, Newsroom and other shows, has four acting credits as 'man in a bar'