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TIL the scent of women’s tears temporarily reduces sexual arousal and testosterone production in men

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womjo TIL that barbers in the medieval times used to perform surgery and tooth extractions in addition to cutting hair, which is why barber’s poles are red, white, and blue.
nedN7 TIL despite their fearsome reputation, Spartan warriors were no more effective in battle than any other Greek solider, Sparta lost as many battles as it won, and Spartans' brutal training resembled indoctrination of child soldiers and not combat training.
5Y6Dp TIL that the "seductive nature" of the Green M&M is a reference to an urban legend during the 1970s that green M&Ms were aphrodisiacs
P1nRn TIL Prince Alfred of the UK officially won the 1862 Greek head of state referendum by a landslide. That being said, the Great Powers had previously agreed that no member of a ruling family of the Great Powers would have the crown of Greece. Prince Alfred declined the throne.
78A5O TIL Steven Hawking cheated on his first wife with his nurse Elaine Mason. Elaine was also married to the man who helped create Steven Hawking's speech synthesizer. Then Steven Hawking married her.