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TIL American aboriginals used raccoon penis bones as a pipe cleaning tool

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R5boQ TIL A burn bag is a security bag that holds sensitive or classified documents which are to be destroyed by fire or pulping after a certain period of time.
KNAJ TIL that Ernest Hemingway lived through anthrax, malaria, pneumonia, dysentery, skin cancer, hepatitis, anemia, diabetes, high blood pressure, two plane crashes, a ruptured kidney, a ruptured spleen, a ruptured liver, a crushed vertebra, and a fractured skull.
jPOn TIL Condom failure rates includes times where people didn’t use a condom at all during intercourse
781oO TIL about Levi Coffin. Born 1798 in North Carolina, he and his wife Catherine are credited with helping thousands of slaves escape to Canada. Some called him the "President of the Underground Railroad."
epE7L TIL the town of Rjukan in Norway receives no natural sunshine from September to March owing to the sheer mountains that surround it. They have built three enormous mirrors to reflect light into the town square. The mirrors follow the sun's path and move every 10 seconds to form a 600m square pool of