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TIL that the smell of women’s tears reduce men’s sexual desire

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WkY7B TIL Texas abolished last meal requests after a prisoner ordered 2 chicken-fried steaks, a triple cheeseburger, a beef & cheese omelet , a pound of barbecued meat, a half loaf of bread, 3 fajitas, a meat-lover’s pizza, fried okra, a pint of Blue Bell, and peanut-butter fudge, and then did not eat it.
WkALA TIL of the SS Morro Castle, a cruise ship that suffered a disastrous fire during a nor'easter off NJ in 1934, killing 137. The cause of the fire was never discovered, but some believe it was intentionally started by the Chief Radio Operator, who was later convicted of two murders and a bombing.
rR4Xy TIL It can take a photon 40,000 years to travel from the core of the sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to earth.
Y7LGP TIL: On Malta, singers debate local politics and social issues in improvised song duels that are as much about knowing the issue as being able to spout witty poetry.
P4Kn TIL that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is one of many “trash islands” floating in our oceans. The GPGP alone contains nearly 3.5 million tons of trash which is mostly bits of plastic.