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TIL Men value romantic relationships more and suffer greater consequences from breakups than women

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17kO TIL up until 1910, the Brazilian Navy routinely lashed black crewmen aboard their ships. After a crewman received 250 lashes, crews aboard 4 warships mutinied and threatened to shell Rio de Janeiro. Although Brazil did not honor promised amnesty for the mutineers, the lash was never used again.
60Wl TIL that, at over 400 years old, Zildjian - the cymbal manufacturer - is one of the oldest companies in existence.
5YaLn TIL that the first computer game was Nim, released in April 1940 on a computer called the Nimatron, which weighed over a ton. The designer was a nuclear physicist and quantum mechanics pioneer who later participated in the Manhattan Project. 100,000 games were played, with the computer winning ~90%
QaQL TIL the Hindenburg made 17 successful transatlantic trips before catching fire.
YEKv TIL it takes 75,000 trees to print a Sunday edition of the New York Times.