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TIL Johnny Knoxville permanently damaged his penis by breaking it doing a backflip on a motorcycle. He has described it as “like a dog’s chew toy” and “like a sock that’s lost its elasticity.”

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R7PZl TIL about tactile illusions, including Aristotle's Illusion: if you cross your fingers and touch the tip of your nose with the tips of both crossed fingers, it feels like you're touching two noses.
0Qov TIL Schools in Japan don’t employ custodial staff, because they believe students should respect their learning environment and keep it clean themselves
YmXP TIL Thomas Edison designed and built a helicopter powered by gun powder. It blew up, and took the factory with it.
woEL7 TIL That according to a long standing tradition, every year after the last supply plane left Antarctica for the winter and the base was buttoned up for a long dark wait until spring, the whole crew would gather in the lounge together to watch The Thing.
7W47 TIL that the Romans decided it was a good idea to put lead in everything, and consequently had severe cases of lead poisoning.