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TIL that in the original "Three Wishes" story from 1001 Nights, the man uses his first wish to makes his dick gigantic, his second wish to accidentally remove his dick altogether, and his third wish to just get his original dick back

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a9Mb TIL that men have a line down their scrotum because the labia fuses together when the foetus makes the transition from female to male in the womb
vjxr TIL of the “double-tap” drone strike, where a drone attacks once, waits for people to gather to help survivors and then attacks the same spot again
gxbb TIL that the octopus is so intelligent, the UK considers them honorary vertebrates for the purposes of animal cruelty laws
gok4 TIL dust / dirt devils are called “djin” meaning “genie” or “devil” in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, and Jordan. This is where the mythical genie came from and why genies are typically depicted without legs.
QN0N9 TIL of Phillppe Khan who in 1997 invented the camera phone.The first photo being of his new born daughter Sophie.