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TIL Wearing a tie can reduce blood flow to the brain by 7.5 per cent

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j4Kv TIL that people wanted to censor Washington Crossing the Delaware because they thought his watch was his penis
16xmd TIL of the Zizhi Tongjian (completed in 1084 AD), a 294-volume chronicle of Chinese history, covering nearly 1,400 years (403 BC to 959 AD). It took 19 years to compile, and is considered one of the most ambitious works of history ever created.
8ee1V TIL Otis Redding never heard the completed version of his only No. 1 hit, “Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay.”
DQaPY TIL - English physician William Harvey was a prominent skeptic regarding allegations of witchcraft. He was one of the examiners of four women from Lancashire accused of witchcraft in 1634, and as a consequence of his report, all of them were acquitted.
P17nG TIL that in the early 20th century, Punjabi men who immigrated to California ended up marrying Mexican women due to shared cultural similarities and legal constraints on interracial marriage. This led to a unique Punjabi Mexican American community, where elements of both cultures blended