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TIL That Mongolians have by far the most testosterone among nations

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j6PyX TIL Eating overcooked/burnt food doesn't have an established/quantitative link to increased cancer risk, contrary to what many of us have heard, since childhood. On the contrary, processed foods like bacon or salami increase the risk, regardless of how they're cooked
nmEW TIL: One in 25 people are sociopaths. Many are successful, attractive and charming. They are completely remorseless and expert at getting what they want.
ne4r TIL when a king dies in Tonga, the royal undertakers are not allowed to use their hands for 100 days afterwards. They are hand-fed in captivity, which is a step up from the older practice of having their hands chopped off.
awG0J TIL R.E.M.’s “Man on the Moon” lyrics repeat “Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah”. Michael Stipe said his friend Kurt Cobain had a habit of placing "yeah" in Nirvana songs so Stipe wanted to outdo him by writing a song with more “yeahs”
npxY TIL an early Soviet space station, Salyut 3, was fitted with a space cannon which was test fired at the end of the stations operations.