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TIL that we are less likely to be sexually attracted to people that we grew up with early in life, due to the Westermark effect. In other words, it could be nature’s way of preventing incest.

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LkAjQ TIL when they first opened the ride Pirates of the Caribbean in Disneyland the design team was disappointed with the look of the fake bones they used so they used real skeletal remains instead and there is allegedly still a real human skull in the ride today
9Gnp TIL that soldiers awarded the Medal of Honor receive a number of additional benefits, including a pension of $1,300 beyond any other retirement pay, space-available air travel on military transport for their entire lives, and admission to military academies for their children.
Ojr1 TIL “Porn Judge” is an actual Chinese government job title. Judges such as Wang Dong are paid $32,000 per year to view porn and “have the sacred task of returning the Internet to a clean and safe state”. Most are employed within the police system.
1N7O TIL: The Vietnamese are the biggest consumers of the rhino horn and they received the idea that rhino horn was an aphrodisiac from the western media’s false reporting. There is no known record of its use as an aphrodisiac in Traditional Chinese Medicine.
ADWEo TIL: King James VI/I wrote a book called "Daemonologie" on necromancy and black magic. It included a study on demonology and the methods demons used to bother troubled men. It also touches on topics such as werewolves and vampires.