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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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BaDW TIL that the term ‘panther’ refers to a melanistic jaguar or leopard, and is NOT a separate species.
7kgZ TIL in Sweden it is legal to sell sex for money, but illegal to buy it.
XEnyQ TIL: Raccoons are not native to Germany. They were brought there in the 1920s for their pelts. During World War II, an Allied bomb hit a raccoon farm wall, allowing a dozen or so to escape. Today, German cities are being overrun by millions of raccoons!
NXJlJ TIL that before rising to fame, Shania Twain was singing in bars at age 8 to help pay family bills, often performing until 1 a.m. for tips. After her parents' tragic death in 1987, she became the legal guardian of her younger siblings, putting her career on hold.
GAwrE TIL that the oldest still-operating webcam in the world is The FogCam! At San Fransisco State University It launched in July, 1994