j6X6n TIL that UK used to do "virginity tests" at their airports on women coming from South Asian countries, these exams used to also occur on women at British High Commissions in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. In 2021 this procedure was officially made illegal and criminalized in England and Wales
0dmdy TIL that I can use my cruise control set and resume to increase/decrease speed.
grwrL TIL that the sheath of the vas deferens acts as a splint to facilitate and promote the vas deferens's recanalization even when as much as 5 cm, or 2 in, of the vas deferens has been removed, assuming that the sheath of the vas deferens itself remains intact and has not been removed as well.
LQxQr TIL: There is a universe in the spiderverse in-which Spiderman was a T-rex called "Pter Parker"
b646E TIL: Osama Bin Laden's father had over 20 wives, and fathered over 50 children
QNRNd TIL that Charlize Theron's mother shot and killed her father in self defense in front of her. Charlize would later go on to be the first person born in Africa to win an Oscar for acting.
ANKNw TIL Alabama did not repel it's ban on interracial marriage untill 2000
yVAVJ TIL erections were believed to be caused by inflation so flatulence causing foods were an impotence cure
m1P1P TIL about the Easter Sunday Massacre in 1975 where a man killed 11 members of his family. To date it is the deadliest shooting by a lone perp in the state of Ohio
DQKQv TIL Australia is the lowest and flattest continent in the world with an average elevation of only 1000 feet due to being near the centre of a tectonic plate
vPbP4 TIL three Custer brothers and one nephew all died at the Battle of Little Big Horn, Lt Col George Custer, Double Medal of Honor recipient Capt Thomas Custer, Boston Custer, and nephew Henry Reed.
J1K1Q TIL The first vending machine was invented in 1st century CE Egypt to dispense holy water. The next widely known vending machine was invented 1,800 years later in Victorian England.