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TIL Female Indonesian military applicants receive ‘two-finger’ virginity tests, involving doctors inserting fingers into their vagina and anus. Fiancees of male Indonesian military applicants are also subjected to these tests, sometimes conducted by men.

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rNdaM TIL: Unknown to Johnny Cash when he recorded it, "Ring of Fire" was written by June Carter about falling in love with him and her torment because she was married to someone else. She sang backup on Cash's version. Years later, when they were both divorced, they met again and eventually married.
b6DEQ TIL there’s a really good reason why we don’t see any 58 year old fighters in the world of legitimate professional boxing.
xVEjb TIL Twinkies were invented as a way to use a Continental Bakery's shortcake pans for the 46 weeks each year outside of strawberry season. In the Depression these were cheap and easy to mass produce.
eV9g TIL After the first Hiroshima atomic bombing in Japan, one Hiroshima policeman went to Nagasaki to teach police about ducking after the atomic flash. As a result of this timely warning, not a single Nagasaki policeman died in Nagasaki’s atomic blast.
9Y5jD TIL that a man walked across Australia, from Perth to Sydney, dressed in a Stormtrooper costume to raise money for a charity that helps cheer up hospitalized children. Over 9 months he traveled 3000 miles (5000km), lost over 26lbs (12kg), went through 7 pairs of shoes, and raised more than $100,000.