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TIL that while sitting down while peeing is getting more and more popular, it's also good and healthy for men. It helps emptying the bladder, and thus can prevent bladder stones and urinary tract infections. Claims that it could prevent prostate problems however are yet to be verified.

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e0glJ TIL of Luluwa (aka Aclima, Kalmana /Calmana), twin sister of Cain and wife of Abel. She is thought to be the first female born naturally in rabbinic traditions.
woGlo TIL that honeybees can recognize human faces. Conventional wisdom holds that the ability to recognize faces requires a complex mammalian brain. But studies of paper wasps and honeybees have shown that some small-brained insects can manage this feat, too.
rNEvW TIL in his final years, Marlon Brando was a secret tech geek who collected Mac computers, experimented with digital effects and Photoshop, was a fan of the game Myst, and pretended to be a Chinese exchange student online
9wBgG TIL a doctor poisoned his mom's boyfriend, while disguised as a nurse administering a fake booster shot, because his mom put him in her will. The doctor likely injected him with iodomethane, a pesticide which caused him to get necrotising fasciitis. However, he did survive the ordeal.
E64p TIL that in 1962 the US government planned for the CIA to commit perceived acts of terrorism in U.S. cities. These acts of terrorism were to be blamed on Cuba in order to create public support for a war against the country, which had recently become communist.