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TIL Women and men who like the taste of beer are 60% more likely to have sex on the first date

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oky7 TIL Stephen Hawking’s father was a medical researcher and encouraged his son to get into medicine. But Stephen turned down biology as it didn’t seem to explain things at a fundamental level. He got into mathematics which seemed highly impractical to his father.
7rK1P TIL Whenever a new Podestà was elected in 16th century Treviso Italy, the Fontana Delle Tette had red wine flowing from one of the woman’s breasts while white wine poured from the other. The torrent of free tipples lasted for three days and was free for all citizens
XKRE TIL Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney and Phil Collins are the only musicians to have sold over 100 million albums as a solo artist and member of a group
Z8l7G TIL how to use old gift cards, credit cards, or hotel room keys to make a mobile phone stand.
v1oN8 TIL a 2015 study found that English majors had the highest mean household income of parents in the US, with their parents making nearly $100k a year on average.