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TIL that the village of Westward Ho! is the only place in the British Isles with an exclamation mark in its name

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lGJr TIL Alabama is the only U.S. state where a law prohibiting the sale of sex toys remains on the books, though Alabama residents are permitted to buy sex toys with a doctor’s note.
oyDL TIL Thylacine (aka Tasmanian Tigers), which were hunted to extinction because people believed to them to prey on farmers’ sheep and poultry, had jaws so weak that they couldn’t kill anything larger than a possum.
QN4pe TIL that "V" is the only letter in English that is never silent,
lokma TIL whale oil was used in GM transmissions until the early 70’s.
OGMk4 TIL In 2015, a man from Manchester started graffitiing giant penises onto potholes so that the city council would fix them. The man was dubbed 'Wanksy'