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TIL a study found that 90% of women said penis width is more important than length for sexual satisfaction

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4kBD5 TIL that swinging our arms when walking makes us spend less energy and walk faster than if we tried to hold them still.
Mem0a TIL Michel Lotito, aka Monsieur Mangetout, was a French artist who was specialized in eating non-edible things like iron or rubber. The biggest thing he ate was a plane, which took him 2 years.
b6YwN TIL that Leonard Cohen was never quite satisfied with his writing. He would spend days, months, and even years re-writing song lyrics until he was content. One example is his song “Hallelujah” - around 80 to about 180 draft verses were written for the song, and in the end, Cohen only chose four.
nv7W TIL that Ernest Hemingway’s mother disliked his first book, The Sun Also Rises, apparently claiming he was “prostituting a great talent” and “pandering to sensationalism”
GY6j TIL the Filet-O-Fish was originally developed in 1962 for Catholic McDonald’s customers, since back in the 60’s they tended to abstain from meat on Fridays.