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TIL tall men are more likely to have children and be in relationships than short men.

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PYjE TIL there’s an underground garden in Fresno, CA that is meant to mimic Greece. And it’s open for visitors.
5VVWR TIL Down Syndrome has a strong association with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). In one study of 3.9 million children, 2.8% of those with Down Syndrome developed AML, compared with 0.05% of other children.
wLZ57 TIL that most of Peaky Blinders outdoor scenes are filmed at an open air museum dedicated to 300 years of local history called the black country living museum.
d86XE TIL First Lady Rose Cleveland was a Lesbian who carried on erotic correspondence with a widow named Evangeline Simpson. Rose was Grover Cleveland’s youngest sister and served as his first lady for over a year, until he married in 1886.
wgWY TIL that to study wind currents, the US Navy sprayed San Francisco with S. marcescens, thought to be a non-pathogenic bacterium. Doctors soon noted drastic increases in pneumonia and urinary tract infections.