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TIL the technical term for “butt crack” is “intergluteal cleft”.

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5Yxbp TIL the first successful artificial insemination was performed in 1884 on a Philadelphia housewife without her knowledge. The doctor anesthetized the woman and took sperm from his “best-looking” student and impregnated her. The doctor and the woman’s husband never revealed the truth to her.
gM7gA TIL that there is an English word equivalent to the German word: Shadenfreude: Epicaricacy, which means to derive pleasure from another's misfortune.
KOlDQ TIL The Romans believed that the vein in the ring finger on the left hand ran directly to one's heart, that they called the vein of love. To solidify a union based on love, they'd place the ring on that finger that housed the vein of love to signify the romance the newly married couple shares.
Z8m7a TIL a California Congressman once shot and killed a waiter, for being refused breakfast because it was too late in the morning. He was acquitted of manslaughter by a sympathetic jury.
mx85v TIL after the band Three Dog Night covered Randy Newman's song "Mama Told Me Not To Come" and made it a No. 1 hit, Newman called the band's lead singer Cory Wells and said "I just want to thank you for putting my kids through college"