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TIL: Both current record holders for the tallest man (Sultan Kösen) and tallest woman (Rumeysa Gelgi) in the world are from Turkey.

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ANGNg TIL: There are several studies that prove heterosexual men act differently around women, but in unexpected ways. Men are more likely to jaywalk, wait until the last second to dash onto a bus, take more risks while gambling, volunteer/donate more, etc. The effects are strongest in single young men.
16bDD TIL that “The Cloister and the Hearth,” a historical novel written in 1861 by Charles Reade, was the favorite book of both Thomas Wolfe and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Rudyard Kipling & Oscar Wilde loved it; George Orville couldn’t stand it. It’s a tale of forbidden love, adventure, betrayal, & action.
lE51 TIL that Scientists Have Set New ‘Standard’ With Map of the Universe at an Ultra-Precise 1 Percent
R8v7 TIL in a 14 page ruling, a Michigan judge used rap verses to dismiss a defamation case against Eminem
PYdVV TIL Marijuana flowers are either male or female. Many marijuana plants have either only male or only female flowers, but some have both on the same plant.