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TIL The basal epidermal cells of the human foreskin contain estrogen receptors, whose purpose is not yet fully understood and requires further study

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vQrL TIL Racism and ethnic discrimination is legal under South Korean law
kOEVd TIL about Semantic Satiation, where if you repeat a word or a phrase or listen to it for too long, it suddenly loses its meaning and doesn't make sense anymore.
XG98 TIL that when Syphilis first surfaced, the English called it the ‘French disease’, the French called it the ‘Spanish disease’, Germans called it the French evil, Russians called it Polish disease, Poles called it Turkish disease, Turks called it Christian disease & Japan called it ‘Chinese pox’
8aZRK TIL Synchronized swimming is one of the world's worst sports for concussions--one coach estimated that 100% of his synchronized swimmers have sustained a concussion at some point during their career
XED9r TIL that every station on the Mexico City Metro has a unique symbol in order to help illiterate passengers navigate throughout the system.