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TIL that there was a study that showed that men weren't attracted to women's butts, but rather the implied spinal curvature that creates the illusion. The spinal curvature positively affects the ability to have children.

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8dxZ TIL in the 1930s a selling point of the major toilet paper manufacturers at the time was that their product was “splinter free.”
x6pb0 Today I learned Oliver Stone originally wanted Jim Morrison to play Charlie Sheen's role in Platoon. He had a copy of the script with him (titled 'Break' at the time) in Paris when he died.
oAm7 TIL Disney was planning on making a short film featuring Mickey Mouse as Christopher Colombus discovering America. It got cancelled because the animation team was unsure how to animate the native people Mickey would have to encounter in a non-offensive way.
awnjA TIL Joseph Faber invented Euphonia, an amazing device that simulated human speech in 1844; due to ridicule over his invention he destroyed it and himself in 1850
J1J78 TIL: Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President of the United States, had a pet raccoon named Rebecca who freely roamed the White House.