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TIL the drug Cabergoline allows men to easily achieve multiple orgasms by inhibiting the hormone prolactin

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yQD4e TIL that the reason cold water after mint gum makes your mouth colder because the menthol in gum is a cooling agent.
DQevj TIL of Laura Secord who walked 20 miles through American lands to inform the British-Canadian military about an American attack during the War of 1812. The alerted British-Canadian forces were able to repel the attack and capture 500 American soldiers.
XV5D TIL that Oktoberfest beer is typically around 6% ABV, far stronger and sweeter than typical German lager. It’s easy to get dehydrated and many people pass out. These people are called Bierleichen (German for “Beer Corpses.“)
VB6pp TIL that men should be drinking more than 15 cups of water each day, and women should be drinking more than 11 cups each day.
woplE TIL that in 2007, hunters found in a bowhead whale a 90 mm head of an explosive bomb lance of a model manufactured between 1879 and 1885, allowing to estimate the animal's age at between 115 and 130 years.