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TIL that the Chicago Railroad Fair inspired Walt Disney to create Disneyland

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pYAOO TIL that the painting called "Beauty Revealed", executed by Sarah Goodridge in 1828 and displaying her very own breasts, could be the first nude in history before it was even a thing. It was actually sent to her lover Daniel Webster but he married another woman while keeping the painting.
BrMb TIL A drug called DCA has been shown to work in a small clinical trial on brain cancer patients. Drug companies won’t invest in it as it is unpatentable and therefore unprofitable. Entrepreneurs banned from selling it in the US
e0rGJ TIL a study conducted by Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, found that in all five measures of penile dimensions homosexual men reported larger penises than heterosexual men.
logDK TIL that Russia has 11 time zones
rRXZM TIL Iggy Pop hated punk