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TIL man’s walking pace slows by 7% for wives and girlfriends but not for other women, and increases if walking with another man.

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b9677 TIL in 2009, a woman was fined $1.9 million for illegally downloading 24 songs. That's $80K per song.
XEvkX TIL that Simeon II, the last Tsar of Bulgaria, who reigned in the 1940s, is still alive and working. He served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2001 to 2005.
neVLP TIL In 2018, the word 'embiggen' from The Simpsons was added to the Oxford English Dictionary. It has been used in research papers on String Theory.
EPWV TIL The CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch went on record as saying he does not want fat or unattractive people wearing his clothes or employed at his company.
Y7Byv TIL Whale milk has the consistency of toothpaste.