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TIL Sniffing the human body volatile hexadecanal blocks aggression in men but triggers aggression in women

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xrvb TIL Knocker Upper , before alarm clockswere affordable or reliable. A knocker-up’s job was to rouse sleeping people so they could get to work on time. They used a truncheon or short, heavy stick to knock on the clients’ doors or a long and light stick to reach windows on higher floors.
BgGEW TIL that Disney Classics Pinocchio, Fantasia and Bambi were all commercial failures when they were originally released.
Q9Pe TIL: The largest private home in America was built in 1895 by the Vanderbilts and would cost $250M to build today.
ZvLv TIL Shakespeare’s plays were so popular that pirated copies were made. Reporters would attend a performance and quickly write down the play’s entire text in shorthand as it was spoken. The pirated copies often had errors due to the reporters making mistakes while writing.
M7DgV TIL the Canadian PM's office will send a personalized certificate for milestone birthdays and anniversaries