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TIL The creator of Pokemon has a confirmed diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome

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9YJ06 TIL Penn Jillette has a patent for "the "Jill-Jet", a hot-tub jet specially angled for allowing a woman to masturbate against the water stream."
e07oJ TIL - You can skip piracy warnings and trailers on a DVD by pressing STOP -> STOP -> PLAY
QNyBk TIL “Turkish Ice cream” is not the same as normal ice cream! It is made from Salep (a flour made from the root of the orchid) and mastic (a resin). This causes it to not melt and have a chewy texture.
m1YQo TIL That These Beautiful Blue lobsters are extremely rare. It occurs when the lobster has a genetic mutation ( Roughly 1 in Every 2 Million ).Unlike the others, Nearly all avoid being eaten.(either rehomed or released).
lo4e7 TIL that because Peru's Machu Picchu is in a hidden location, invisible from below, the Spanish conquistadors never came across the site, and thus were not able to destroy it. Local communities knew about it, but because the Spanish had a reputation of destroying temples, they did not speak of it.