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TIL that lower testosterone has been scientifically proven to be associated with leftists beliefs

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xVOkb TIL that students in France are taught that there are 5 continents. In the US, it's taught that there are 7.
WnXX TIL of familiar strangers, the background characters that a person usually sees at their workplace or school, but don’t talk with. However, if both were to discover each other in an unfamiliar setting, like a restaurant, they’d finally interact for the first time.
QJOak TIL that when Hugh Hefner died the Playboy Mansion became the property of neighbor Daren Metropoulos who bought the estate in 2016 for $100 million. He reportedly struck a deal with Los Angeles officials that will permanently protect it from demolition, even from future owners.
JYBD8 TIL of Twilight Sleep, a popular childbirth practice that was supposedly pain-free because it erased the memory of the birth by putting the women in a semi-narcotic state. In reality, women thrashed, banged their heads, clawed, screamed, were bound, and laid in their own vomit and waste.
BlDy TIL that from 1808 to 1821, the capital of Portugal was moved to Rio de Janeiro, making it the only European country to have been ruled from its colonies.