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TIL that there are women who are prepared to pay to have their breasts slapped to make said breasts appear fuller and firmer.

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8aXV4 TIL that Crocodile Dundee was inspired by Ron Ansell, an Australian buffalo hunter & crocodile poacher. He sued Paul Hogan for profits of the films, but lost & was bitter about it for the rest of his life. He was killed in a police shootout on 8/3/99.
GYPpG TIL the reason we write from left to right is to not smudge ink. The Greeks (from whom English is derived) mostly had right handed stone workers and when they began to use papyrus, left to right allowed them to see what they were writing as well as prevent ruining the paper by smudging the ink
gM79X TIL the top level domain in Kenya is .ke. The Kenyan government uses gov.ke, and Kenyan companies use co.ke :)
kZ54 TIL that some snipers are trained to control their breathing to the point that they train to shoot between heartbeats for increased accuracy
9YGNM TIL Europe's first beer fountain in Žalec, Slovenia was built by the town community using the tax money collected from a resident who won the Eurojackpot lottery. In the fountain, it's possible to drink different beers from five taps with a special microchipped glass.