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TIL there is a Unicode Character for ‘LOVE HOTEL’

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JYyb1 TIL that Peter the Great of Russia loved partying, so much so, that he started a club called The All-Joking, All-Drunken Synod of Fools and Jesters. It started as a group of 80-200 men, and grew to more than 1,500 men as the parties got bigger and bigger. They got in trouble for mocking the Church.
b9pn9 TIL when two yeast move toward each other to have sex it's called shmoo
Egbmp TIL Einstein refused to wear socks because his big toe always created a hole in them
8evVa TIL that it is illegal to have a conversation across the Norwegian-Russian border
Z9Ea TIL “wet dog” smell is produced when fats in sweat are broken down into volatile organic acids by bacteria and yeasts; when the dog is wet, the acids dissolve in the water, and evaporate in higher concentration–high enough for humans to smell