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TIL the ISS has port and starboard lights!

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YKK7 TIL For the Romans, a big cock wasn’t a sign of manliness or sexual skill. All of the Roman heroes – mythological, political, or athletic – were portrayed as having small, compact genitalia, almost like pubescent boys. What we consider “well-endowed” was considered a sign of a barbarian or a fool.
nWl5W TIL trash bags were only invented in 1950, so there are plenty of people alive who predate them, and who may have grown up without them.
nepPr TIL There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe, It is called the Shannon Number.
a8Y4L TIL Thomas Jefferson is considered to be the inventor of the Swivel Chair, which he created and sat on while writing the United States Declaration of Independence at the age of 32.
EWe0 TIL 5000 year old honey is perfectly safe to eat