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Egmdp TIL that prone masturbation (lying down on one's stomach and applying pressure to the penis) might numb your body to arousal and pleasure; one may find they are unable to get or maintain an erection during sex.
graAb TIL that medical students and suffragettes clashed during the Brown Dog affair in 1900s. A small brown dog was dissected when Swedish women protested as they claim the dog was conscious during the procedure. Then medical and vet students united and let off a stink bomb at an animal activist's talk.
e0odL TIL that the Red Bull energy drink was originally invented by a duck farmer from Thailand as a hangover cure (called Krathing Daeng in Thai) before being bought over by Austrian businessman Dietrich Mateschitz who discovered it on a business trip in 1987.
VBbA8 TIL that Roma (Gypsy) migrants in Romania were enslaved upon arrival in the 14th century and were freed only in the 1840s-1850s.
nWkjd TIL In 2020, Chinese and Indian soldiers fought a "Medieval" battle in the Himalayan mountains. With firearms being barred by dual agreement, soldiers fought for hours using sticks, stones, and other makeshift weapons. According to reports, four Chinese soldiers and twenty Indian soldiers died.