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TIL the bite of the Brazilian Wandering Spider causes a penile erection that can last for several hours

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DQvVp TIL Henry Heimlich (who gave his name to the manoeuvre) advocated Malariotherapy; the deliberate infection of a person with benign malaria to treat ailments such as cancer, Lyme disease and HIV. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consider the practice "atrocious".
OBLX TIL that a Royal Navy officer sentenced to death at Sachsenhausen concentration camp managed to shoot dead the commander of his firing squad using the man’s own pistol.
vGj8 TIL that there is a neurological condition called Witzelsucht, causing the affected person to make constant puns, jokes, and sexual comments in an inappropriate setting.
BrZWr TIL André Roussimoff (aka Andre the Giant) has been unofficially crowned "the greatest drunk on Earth" and is said to have once drank 156 16-fl-oz beers in one sitting
5VKWQ TIL that the speed of light was first measured accurately in 1676 by Danish astronomer Ole Rømer using observations of Jupiter’s moons, without modern technology