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TIL in a room with people of different levels of physical attractiveness, the most physically attractive individuals tend to seek out each other and only interact with each other...

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Jdwv TIL The median age for a Fox News viewer is 65 years old
MeaX7 TIL the last time the British Empire expanded was 1955, when they annexed a tiny rock 300km off the Scottish coast to prevent the Soviets spying on their ballistic missile tests.
8ykV TIL Sean Penn once tied Madonna to a chair and beat her. After nine hours she escaped and made it to a police station.
ROGQ TIL that the recurrent laryngeal nerve in Giraffes is often cited as evidence of evolution, as opposed to the “intelligent design” from God. The lengthy 15 foot nerve takes an inefficient, circuitous route; It exits the brain, goes down and around the heart, then back up to the Giraffe’s voicebox.
8ewlX TIL - Haim Saban & Shuki Levy, famous for composing many TV show themes (Inspector Gadget, Mysterious Cities of Gold, M.A.S.K., He-Man, She-Ra), were actually ghostwritten by other composers to gain control of all publishing rights and music royalty revenue. The suit was settled out of court.