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TIL humans have the largest penises of all the great apes. Gorillas come up particularly short, with an average erect length of 3cm.

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J19w8 TIL that while filming the iconic “Gonna Fly Now,” Sequence in Rocky (1975) the moment where Rocky is encouragingly thrown a piece of fruit by a passerby was completely improvised because they filmed this without permission and so the people in the market are not actors.
15EW TIL that Jon Burge, a Chicago police officer, tortured over 200 primarily black suspects and forced many of them to falsely confess.
d8Zn9 TIL that the clothing brand Abercrombie & Fitch actually paid Jersey Shore actors not to wear their brand
ppVA TIL that O. J. Simpson filmed a TV pilot just before being accused of murdering his wife and her friend in 1994. In ‘Frogmen’ Simpson holds a knife to the throat of a woman and reportedly received military training on how to use it, but the prosecution did not use the film during the trial.
dAK TIL Charles Barkley, not MJ, Magic, or Bird, led The Dream Team in points per game, rebounds per game, and steals. Before the Olympics, the selection committee wasn’t even sure he should be on the team.