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TIL National Men's Day was a thing.

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xk77 TIL: Over 248 Police Officers and Firefighters in New Jersey were linked to a steroids ring in 2007.
Lk9Rv TIL that Schrödinger's cat paradox was originally intended to ridicule quantum superposition. Schrödinger was proven incorrect and his thought experiment is now used to explain superposition rather than criticise it.
E1K6P TIL monks in Westminster Abbey would eat 6,000 calories a day normally and 4,500 a day when "fasting". They drank a gallon of beer and 10 oz of wine and ate 2.25 lbs of bread, 5 eggs, and 2 lbs of meat or fish a day. Many monks became obese and suffered related conditions.
5YydB TIL there is no road connecting North and South America
LkPY9 TIL that Researchers have found that dogs have evolved muscles around their eyes, which allow them to make expressions that particularly appeal to humans. The study says such "puppy eyes" helped domesticated dogs to bond with humans.