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TIL intelligence and physical attractiveness are as highly correlated as intelligence and education

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wNnE TIL that the Pepsi taste test only proved people liked Pepsi with a small sip, but preferred Coca-cola over the course of a full can/bottle.
e0deE TIL a waitress was tipped a lottery ticket and won $10,000,000. She was then sued by her colleagues for their share. Then she was sued by the man who tipped her the ticket. Then she was kidnapped by her ex husband, and shot him in the chest. Then she went to court against the IRS.
moLO TIL Ted Nugent dodged the draft by pooping in his pants for a week
grBkb TIL for 18 days in 1520, Henry VIII & Francis I convened a celebration of "unmatched proportions" called The Field of Cloth of Gold which cost the equivalent of £15m ($19m). Ostensibly organized as an affirmation of the 2 kings’ friendship, it also afforded them both the chance “to outdo the other".
awD9y TIL that the way an individual types on a keyboard is unique to each person. So much so that it can be used as a biometric, just like a fingerprint.