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TIL that there is a monument to enemas in the Russian spa town of Zheleznovodsk, featuring a bronze bulb held aloft by three cherubs

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oe6E TIL that NASA is currently attempting to bring the “Monstrous F-1 moon rocket back to life”… and pretty successfully too.
dWPZ TIL that the oldest known joke in history is an ancient Sumerian joke about a woman farting in her husband’s company.
wr4o TIL that there an African Union similar to the EU, and it plans to introduce a currency by 2023 called the Afro.
7Z9Z TIL your whole body aches when you have the flu because your immune system dilates all of your blood vessels and makes your muscles constantly contract
d8wMB TIL that Queen Elizabeth II is considered the first head of state to have used electronic mail. On March 26, 1976, sent her first email while taking part in a network technology demonstration in Malvern, England. The message was transmitted over ARPANET, the forerunner of the modern Internet.