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TIL that a 40-year-old violent feud between villages in Philippines was solved after the women of the villages threatened to withhold sex from the men if they continued fighting. The villages returned to peace within two weeks.

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B99K TIL Mythbusters (no pun intended) found that a barista with a DD bra size resulted in men tipping 30% more and women tipping 40% more
VMge4 TIL: We know how ancient Sanskrit sounded because in the fifth century BCE, the Indian grammarian Panini produced a complete grammar of the language, including how all sounds are pronounced. The complexity of his linguistic analysis wasn't replicated until the 20th century.
OoBNa TIL Evanna Lynch, Luna in Harry Potter movies, was pen pals with J.K before she was cast. Battling anorexia, Lynch wrote to Rowling telling her the books gave her hope and asked to be cast as Luna. J.K. told her she'd need to be well first. Lynch said, "In the end, I think that's why I recovered."
Db7e TIL the scientist, Clair Patterson, who helped develop the atomic bomb, also saved humanity by stopping the use of Leaded Gasoline.
DDnP TIL that John Wayne died of stomach cancer, which is highly suggested to have been caused by filming downwind of a nuclear weapons test. Wayne refused to believe the fallout caused his cancer and instead attributed it to his smoking. However, 90 others from the movie also developed cancer after.