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TIL zippers are the most common cause of penile injuries. Zipper-related genital injuries send roughly 1,700 men to the ER each year

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yQgYw TIL there was once a Theme Park owned by People's Rep. of China called Splendid China (Florida). It was shut down in Dec 2003, 10 years after opening.
ADpM7 TIL that János Bolyai, one of the discoverers of non-Euclidean geometry, won thirteen pistol duels in a single afternoon, playing his violin between each of them.
yNPM TIL that 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea refers to the distance traveled while under the sea, not the depth.
0wArp TIL - Hoag's Object is the only known galaxy shaped like a doughnut. Discovered 1950 by Arthur Hoag it has an older yellow core with an outer ring of young blue stars & nothing in between. To add to the conundrum, at the 1 o'clock position there's a smaller version of the galaxy hidden within itself
jNVDj TIL the waters of Lake Michigan are crystal clear thanks to a massive infestation of zebra mussels, who inflict considerable damage to infrastructure and throw the lake's ecosystem out of balance, but also filter pollutants out of the water.