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TIL humans are the only mammal species that have completely lost their penis bone

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XxXr TIL that the original London bridge is now located in Lake Havasu City, Arizona
epOy4 TIL the 1983 film "Talking Tiger Mountain" was based on William S. Burroughs' 1979 novel "Blade Runner: a Movie" which was originally a film treatment for Alan E. Nourse's 1973 novel "The Bladerunner," the title of which (but not the story) was used in the 1982 film "Blade Runner"
wDaW TIL one of the first instances of a stored computer program was in 1801, when Joseph Marie Jacquard demonstrated a loom that wove fabrics based on hole-punched cards that were fed into the machine.
Rwo7 TIL that western countries call “Sudoku” by its Japanese name, while the Japanese call the game by it’s English literal translation, “Number Place”
eL5J TIL Kristen Wiig was almost Sweet Dee on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Kaitlin Olson and Wiig were neck-and-neck for the part, with the role ultimately going to Olson. Kristen Wiig joined SNL later that same year.