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TIL that, after a virgin drowned at sea in S. Korea, fishermen weren't able to catch fish anymore. But the fish came back after fishermen exposed their penises to the sea and built several giant wooden statues near the sea to appease the dead virgin's spirit. The place is a tourist spot now

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