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[Today I learned] Morning wood is known as Nocturnal Penile Tumescene and full bladder can also contribute to it

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v1WEx TIL that - led by two grandsons of Genghis Khan - the Mongol army invaded nearly half of Europe. Had the ruling Khan not drunkenly died on a hunting trip, they could have taken the entire continent.
kRZm TIL the eighth commandment is interpreted as “Thou shalt not steal” in Christianity and as “Thou shalt not kidnap (people)” in Judaism. Which is not to imply that theft is permitted: it is forbidden elsewhere in the Tanakh.
Z8X8G TIL about Scheele’s Green, a popular pigment in the 1800s made with deadly arsenic. One famous death was of a flowermaker, who dusted the pigment onto fake foliage. “She vomited green waters; the whites of her eyes had turned green, and she told her doctor that ‘everything she looked at was green.’”
egjD TIL that Buzz Aldrin punched a moon conspiracy theorist in the face.
olBA TIL that mosquitoes with malaria spend more time probing for blood when they bite, presumably increasing the odds of infection. The disease may be controlling the mosquitoes’ nervous system.