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TIL that many men who climb Everest get weird boners because of the difference in altitude and air pressure causing more blood to flow into the penis

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b99mp TIL that since 1405 until the present day without interruption, the city of Lausanne (Switzerland) has maintained a lookout in the Cathedral bell tower. The lookout announces the time by yelling the hour from 10 pm to 2 am, 365 days a year. The lookout cries the hour to each cardinal direction
Q7NL TIL that papercuts hurt so much because the cut often bleeds very little or not at all, leaving the skins pain receptors open to the air.
kJpX1 TIL about The Crash at Crush, a staged train collision in Texas on September 15, 1896, attracting 40,000 spectators. Intended as a publicity stunt, the event turned tragic when a boiler explosion killed three people and injured many. It remains an infamous moment in Texas history.
PYbxL TIL about Boston Corbett, "Lincoln's Avenger". He tracked down and killed John Wilkes Booth, but was arrested for disobeying orders. He was later released, deemed both a "national hero" and "insane" and eventually faded into mysterious whereabouts. It is not known what became of him.
D1bxP TIL that a professor who ran a long running study on a pitch drop missed every single drop. One in 1977 because he went home tired, another in 1988 because he went to get a cup of tea, and in 2000 due to a malfunctioned webcam. When the next drop finally fell in 2014, he had died 8 month earlier