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TIL The average human penis is twice the length of a gorilla's, and humans have the overall largest penises of the apes

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QJMy9 TIL At the 1960 Olympics in Rome, a barefoot Ethopian marathon runner won the marathon and broke the world record.
0PNL TIL Stendhal syndrome (also known as hyperkulturemia) is dizziness caused by being overwhelmed by Florence’s fantastic art
ep4oJ TIL we're banking cells of endangered animals so we can reintroduce them in case they go extinct when humanity learns to treat the planet better
X9dr TIL: Mobile users in poor countries can access Wikipedia articles without data charges thanks to ‘Wikipedia Zero’. It’s currently operating in 34 countries.
nVe9 TIL Cherokee DNA suggests portions of their population originated in Middle East, and it isn’t clear if DNA points to post-Columbian or pre-Columbian sources