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TIL that men who perform poorly at video games are more likely to make sexist comments about female gamers than successful male gamers.

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gMygy TIL of the city of Salonica in modern day Greece was for centuries one of the only Jewish majority cities but during Nazi occupation 90% of the Jewish residents were murdered and their cultural artifacts plundered, houses stolen, and the cemetery dug up and the headstones used as building material.
4NrN TIL that Muhammad Ali was vehemently anti-interracial marriage
b6v6N TIL Japan's Prime Minister in 1989, Sosuke Uno, was forced to resign after a geisha revealed his infidelity to the public.
woGro TIL Judges' leniency in sentencing is influenced by timing and breaks. A study analyzing judges' decisions in criminal cases revealed that they were more likely to give favorable rulings early in the day and after breaks like lunch. Chance of a positive ruling decreased from 65% to 0 as time lapses.
a8ony TIL British newspapers campaigned to ban controversial film Crash(1996). Film classification board inquired with lawyers, psychologist, disabled people, found no evidence for ban, and passed the film uncut