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TIL that there existed a female equivalent to "Jackass": "Rad Girls".

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P1YnZ TIL from 1848 to 1962, Algeria was considered an integral part of Mainland France rather than a foreign colony.
QJ7Le TIL that while most men have a larger right than left testicle, the opposite pattern is seen in Ancient Greek statues. Scholars think this anatomical error is linked to the historical belief that each testicle separately contains the sperm needed to produce a male or female heir.
5P8p TIL prior to 1868, eating meat from four legged animals had been prohibited in Japan for more than a thousand years.
XE6WP TIL In 1984 water beds were a $2 billion business with 3.4 million sold in the United States alone. At the time, 75 percent of all stores that sold water beds also offered a selection of water bed cribs.
pY9OO TIL of the approximately 8,000 amphibian species currently alive, about 90% of them (about 7200) are just frogs and toads.