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TIL Bob The Builder was altered for Japanese children so they wouldn’t confuse him for a Yakuza member

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4kJGR TIL That the word 'queef' refers to the noise a build up a release of air from the vaginal is called, it is in effect the vaginal equivalent of a 'fart'.
LQ79P TIL that in 2011, a 5-month-old baby in the Netherlands died when stainless steel bolts failed, causing ceiling speakers to fall onto her at a public swimming pool.
pYBPp TIL Humans are hardwired to lean to the right while kissing
xVr40 TIL that during WWI (and briefly WWII) the British would shame men into joining the military by recruiting young women to call them cowards on the streets of their hometowns. These women would also pin a white feather on them to symbolize their cowardice.
Oo4n7 TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't allowed to dub his own role in Terminator in German, as his accent is considered very rural by German/Austrian standards and it would be too ridiculous to have a death machine from the future come back in time and sound like a hillbilly.