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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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vb68 TIL that when faced with belligerence in bars, James Joyce would hide behind Ernest Hemingway, his drinking buddy, and shout, “Deal with him, Hemingway! Deal with him!”
vMWx TIL 40,000 people in Iran rely on a 45km long “qanat” (underground aqueduct) built nearly 3000 years ago
9xpX TIL that a man named Roger Boisjoly and his colleagues attempted to stop Challenger from lifting off into space knowing that a disaster would happen, but ultimately failed.
D14kV TIL that Haiti has an estimated 300 000 child slaves who face daily beating and that Haiti is second in slavery to Mauritania
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