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TIL Elvis was an Actual 8th Degree Black Belt in Karate

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VBg10 TIL Helen Keller could tell by sniffing the air what building she was passing, when it was lunch, when it was raining & when the grass was being cut. She found the smells of New York City--crowds of people & traffic--as oppressive
4QEg TIL that in 1643, a castle in England was attacked by a force of several hundred men. The castle was only defended by five people, of which two died, while the attackers suffered at least 100 casualties.
OoBWe TIL: In English, "blond" is for a male and "blonde" is for female.
Rj67 TIL that during The Great War Britain ran out of binoculars, so they turned to the leading manufacturer of optics to buy them: Germany. In turn Germany bought from Britain what they most needed: rubber.
9lDD TIL - If you have sex with a woman who just had sex with a different man, the shape of your penis allows you to scoop out his semen and replace it with your own!